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perestroika
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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perestroika (in the former Soviet Union) the policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system. First proposed by Leonid Brezhnev in 1979 and actively promoted by Mikhail Gorbachev, perestroika originally referred to increased automation and labour efficiency, but came to entail greater awareness of economic markets and the ending of central planning. The word is Russian, and means literally ‘restructuring’.
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Perestroika (USA) Inc.: a strategic new business link with the Soviet Union. (International Trade Supplement)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 5/13/1991; 700+ words
; PERESTROIKA (USA) INC. A STRATEGIC NEW BUSINESS LINK WITH THE SOVIET UNION Perestroika USA Inc., a business consulting and trading...with U.S., European and Asian firms, Perestroika (USA) Inc. plays an important role in the...
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 "The New York Observer (New York, NY)")
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How Cult Internet Character Mr. Perestroika Divided N.Y.U.'s Political Science Department.(Media&Society)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 1/7/2002; 700+ words
; ...blindsided by a mysterious character calling himself (or herself) "Mr. Perestroika." Mr. Perestroika's weapon? A cutting e-mail document called the "Perestroika Manifesto" claiming that a small cabal-or "'coterie' of faculty...
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RUSSIA: COOL RECEPTION FOR GORBACHEV'S BOOK ON PERESTROIKA
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 3/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...and economic restructuring known as perestroika has led to a new debate -- and more...reception to a speech on the book and perestroika he gave at an event at the Russian University...status. "It's important to understand perestroika as an urgent necessity arising from...
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Perestroika Under the Tsars.
Magazine article from: Journal of European Studies; 12/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...essay W. E. Mosse reminds us that perestroika and glasnost' too have a long history...strain of democratic egalitarianism. Perestroika, according to Mosse, was - and is...logical contradiction' exists between perestroika and glasnost'. Whilst the former...
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We Had Our Perestroika. It's High Time for Yours.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...Americans need their own change -- a perestroika, not like the one in my country, but an American perestroika -- and the reaction has been markedly...reactions have come from the opponents of perestroika, people with short memories and a...
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Perestroika on Wall Street: the future of securities trading.
Magazine article from: Financial Executive; 5/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; Perestroika on Wall Street: the future of securities...distinct questions: First, what does perestroika have to do with Wall Street? And...securities trading has a future? "Perestroika" is a Russian word that describes the...
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Perestroika.
Magazine article from: Manage; 8/1/1989; ; 700+ words
; Perestroika Perestroika, we are told, means "restructuring" in English. The need to...public apathy resulting from excessive centralized management. Perestroika to the rescue. While never, never deviating from the concept that...
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Perestroika and after: Comrade Ligachev tells his side. (Interview)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 12/2/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...understood, political figures in the perestroika drama that began to unfold in the Soviet...Number 2 leader as the archrival of perestroika, a die-hard conservative, even a...instrumental in initiating the reforms known as perestroika. By 1988, however, Ligachev began...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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All in favour. (perestroika in Eastern Europe)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/9/1988; 700+ words
; PERESTROIKA will be achieved," a delegate coming...good Communists now say they support perestroika. The question is what exactly, between...allies now claim to be in the vanguard of perestroika. The exception is Stalinist Romania...
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Perestroika At a Crawl
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/6/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...stronger than its growing frustration with perestroika. That result provides Mikhail Gorbachev...Fortunately for Gorbachev and for perestroika, political reforms do not require the...years is proof of the unpopularity of perestroika now. Abel Aganbegyan, one of the economic...
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Perestroika
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
PERESTROIKA Perestroika was the term given to the reform process launched in the Soviet...Gorbachev in 1985. Meaning "reconstruction" or "restructuring," perestroika was a concept that was both ambiguous and malleable. Its ambiguity...
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perestroika
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
perestroika , Soviet economic and social policy of the late 1980s. Perestroika [restructuring] was the term attached to the...democratize the Communist party organization. By 1991, perestroika was on the wane, and after the failed August...
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glasnost and perestroika
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
glasnost and perestroika The concepts of ‘openness’ and ‘...became Soviet leader in 1985. The concepts are described in his book Perestroika (1987). The twin processes aimed to reduce inefficiency and corruption...
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Yegor Kuz'mich Ligachev
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...advocate of a more conservative approach to perestroika but was ousted from command in 1990...little good during the past five years of perestroika. " At the Congress, Ligachev presented...advocacy of a more conservative approach to perestroika (restructuring). Until the 1990 party...
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Full Economic Accounting
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...economic accounting was a cornerstone of perestroika, regarded as an important measure to...accountability during the period of perestroika appeared more serious. Under the system...making firm's assets. Prior to perestroika, the khozrachet system gave lip service...
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