A Qualitatively New Stage in the Development of Soviet Society

Abstract

The most important result of the period following the Twenty-seventh CPSU Congress has been the recognition of the fact that restructuring is a substantially more difficult task than it appeared to be at the outset. And no matter how difficult the technical and economic problems, the largest problems are in the sphere of social relations. It will be necessary to overcome the inertia of existing social structures and to open the way to the play of society's dynamic forces. Life itself advances the analysis of social processes to the forefront of contemporary economic research.