Prospects for Democratization A Roundtable Discussion on the Problems of Political Reform in the USSR

Abstract

Abstract The editorial board of the journal Rabochii klass i sovremennyi mir, together with the editorial board of the newspaper Moskovskie novosti [Moscow News], conducted a roundtable discussion on the theoretical and practical problems of political reform, and the evolution of a new political system in the Soviet Union. The following participated in the meeting: Iu. S. Markhashev, candidate of economic sciences (Rabochii klass i sovremennyi mir), V. G. Gel'bras, doctor of economic sciences (Institute of the International Workers' Movement, USSR Academy of Sciences [hereafter, IIWM]), I. M. Bunin, candidate of historical sciences (IIWM), M. Iu. Urnov, candidate of economic sciences (IIWM), K. G. Kholodkovskii, doctor of historical sciences (Institute of World Economy and International Relations, USSR Academy of Sciences), G. G. Diligenskii, doctor of historical sciences (the journal Mirovaia ekonomika i mezhdunarodnye otnosheniia), V. N. Shubkin, doctor of philosophical sciences (IIWM), L. I. Piiasheva, candidate of economic sciences (IIWM), I. M. Kliamkin, candidate ofphilosophical sciences (Institute of Economics of the World Socialist System [now called the Institute of Eastern Europe and International Research], USSR Academy of Sciences), Iu. S. Pivovarov, candidate of historical sciences (Institute of Scientific Information in the Social Sciences, USSR Academy of Sciences), L. L. Taivan, candidate of historical sciences (Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR Academy of Sciences), A. B. Zubov, candidate of historical sciences (Institute of Oriental Studies), and A. M. Salmin, doctor of historical sciences (IIWM).