Paradoxes of Perestroika

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The intensification of hitherto largely unsuccessful efforts to restructure the Soviet system has had, as one of its lesser unintended consequences, the marginalization of old debates about the nature of the USSR. New problems concerning the future of that society now appear considerably more compelling. If the system is indeed undergoing a radical restructuring, what seems to matter is not so much what it was, but what it is about to become. Since, however, in the USSR today nothing seems to proceed as projected, the configuration of this future is far from clear. As a rule, unforeseen blockages and covert bureaucratic opposition subvert reform proposals even before they are fully deployed, thus intensifying chronic economic dysfunctions.

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