Human Rights in the Soviet Union: Including Comparisons with the U.S.A.

Human Rights in the Soviet Union
	Contents
	Acknowledgements
	Preface
	1.	Introduction
	Freedom: Some Definitions
	The Historical Logic of Restricted Emigration and Exit10
	Comparative Analysis
	References
	2.	The Asian Nationalities in the USSR
	Origins of Soviet Power in Central Asia
	Economic Development
	Welfare
	Education
	Cultural Development
	Politics
	Soviet Policy Towards Islam
	Anti-Soviet and Anti-Socialist Nationalist Attitudes and Movements
	Attitude of Soviet Asians to USSR Intervention in Afghanistan
	Conclusion
	References
	3.	The European Nationalities in the USSR
	Economic Development
	Health Care and Education
	Cultural Development
	Nationalism and Dissidence in the European Republics
	The Jewish People in the USSR
	Conclusion
	References
	4.	Women in the USSR
	The Rights of Women
	The Family, Housework and Child-care
	Education
	Labour Outside die Home
	Protective Legislation
	Women in Political Positions
	Analysis
	Conclusion
	References
	5.	Economic Rights
	living Standards
	Imports
	Social Consumption and the Social Wage
	Job Rights
	Rights of Participation in the Management of Enterprises
	General Enterprise Meetings and the Permanent Production Conferences
	The Role of the Enterprise Branch of the Communist Party
	Job Rights in the USA
	Conclusion
	References
	6.	The Land of the Free
	The American Revolution and Gvil liberties
	Federalists vs Jeffersonians: 1798-1808
	The Conflict over Slavery and Civil Liberties: 1830-77
	The Repression of the Working-Class Movement: 1886-1914
	Repression of the Left: 1917-24
	Depression, War and Civil Liberty: 1930-45
	Repression of the American Communist Party and Civil liberties: 1947-56
	The 1960s and Political Repression
	United States Support of Repressive Regimes Overseas in the 1960s and 1970s
	Conclusion
	References
	7.	Toleration and Repression in the USSR: 1918-54
	Gvil War, Invasion, and Relaxation (1918-27)
	How History Judges II: The Growing Threat of Invasion and ‘The Great Purge’ (1935-39)
	Traitor Mania and the Moscow Trials of 1936-38
	The Numbers of Those Affected
	The Politics of the Executions: 1936-38
	Causes and Effects
	Invasion, Reconstruction and the Renewed Threat of Invasion: 1941-54
	Notes
	8.	Tolerance and Repression in the Soviet Union: 1965-82
	Trends in Contemporary Soviet Policy and the Dissident Movement
	Definition of Dissident Activity in the USSR
	The Extent of the Dissident Movement
	Strategy and Tactics of the Dissident Movement
	Sanctions against Dissidents
	Dissidents Categorized as Schizophrenic
	Political Tendencies of Dissident Activists
	Comparisons with the USA
	Notes
	9.	Conclusion
	Summary
	State Power and Qvil Liberty
	Factors Determining the Level of the Civil Liberty of Public Advocacy
	The Class Basis of Civil Liberties
	Disinformation and the Cold War
	Trends in Rights in Capitalist and Socialist Societies
	Notes
	Bibliography
	Index