BARBARA B. GREEN is Professor of Political Science at Cleveland State University, where she has held many administrative posts including Vice Provost, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Director of the General Education Program. Dr. Green has been a Visiting Professor at Ljubljana University, and an associate with the Russian Research Center at Harvard. She has also been a faculty member at Wellesley College. Her present academic specialization is Russian and Central/Eastern European politics.

• Preface The Establishment of Empire: The Tsarist Cycle Revolution and Disintegration of Empire Establishing Control: The Lenin Years Consolidation of Power and Reconstruction Centralization of Control Experimentation, De-Stalinization, and Dissent The Search for Political Stability and Order Stagnation Reform and the Loss of Legitimacy I Reform and the Loss of Legitimacy II The Economic Crisis Dissolution of the Soviet Union Transformation or Collapse I: Control over the Center Transformation or Collapse II: The Economy; Transformation or Collapse III Prospects for Democratic Transformation Selected Bibliography Index