Abstract
Abstract The third year of Gorbachev's rule has come to an end. From the outset he proclaimed the policy of perestroika and proceeded to elaborate a strategy for restructuring Soviet society. Today this strategy is undergoing its third reformulation. Gorbachev launched his policies in a rather traditional fashion, stressing scientific and technological progress and a radical improvement in labor discipline and responsibility. On the one hand, he decided to reduce investment in new industrial plant construction, emphasizing instead the modernization of existing facilities. On the other, he attempted to resurrect the Stakhanovism of yore. In 1985 the mass media ran stories for months about workers setting production records or managers successfully implementing technological advances.
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