Gorbachev's export of perestroika to Eastern Europe: democratisation reconsidered

Abstract

List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Conference as an institution 2. The Conference as a policy choice: the CPSU Conference, 1905-1941 3. The rhetoric of reform or a consolidation of power? Gorbachev's defeat of left and right at the Nineteenth CPSU Conference, June 1988 4. Keeping the 'Outer Empire' in step with the CPSU: Gorbachev's policy of fraternal party alignment via the NPC 1987-8 5. Purging party factions: the HSWP National Conference, May 1988 6. Consolidating federal party unity at the LCY Conference, May 1988 7. Too little, too late: The PUWP Conference, 4-5 May 1989 Conclusion -- .