Soviet State and Society Under Nikita Khrushchev

Melanie Ilic is Reader in History at the University of Gloucestershire and Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, The University of Birmingham.Jeremy Smith is Senior Lecturer in Russian History at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, The University of Birmingham.

• Introduction Melanie Ilic 1. The 1961 Party Programme and the Fate of Khrushchev’s Reforms Alexander Titov 2. Khrushchev’s Promise to Eliminate the Urban Housing Shortage: Rights, Rationality and the Communist Future Mark B. Smith 3. The 1957 Moscow Youth Festival: Propagating a New, Peaceful Image of the Soviet Union Pia Koivunen 4. The Scientist, the Pedagogue and the Party Official: Interest Groups, Public Opinion and Decision-making in the 1958 Education Reform Laurent Coumel 5. Lone Mothers and Fatherless Children: Public Discourse on Marriage and Family Law Helene Carlbäck 6. What did Women Want? Khrushchev and the Revival of the Zhensovety Melanie Ilic 7. Dismantling Stalin’s Fortress: Soviet Trade Unions in the Khrushchev Era Junbae Jo 8. The Changing Face of Repression under Khrushchev Julie Elkner 9. Voicing Discontent: Political Dissent from the Secret Speech to Khrushchev’s Ouster Robert Hornsby 10. The Soviet Military at Novocherkassk: The Apex of Military Professionalism in the Khrushchev Era? Joshua Andy. Select Bibliography. Index

'This collected volume significantly advances the historiography on the Khrushchev era, and by further opening the curtain on important processes taking place within Soviet society and government, supplies a basis for further innovative work. It should be read by all interested in the USSR and more broadly post-World War II historical developments.' - H-Net, 2010