Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-374) and index.

Preliminary Material / M. Van der Linden -- Chapter One. Introduction / M. Van der Linden -- Chapter Two. From The October Revolution To The Stalin Era (191729) / M. Van der Linden -- Chapter Three. From Stalin’S ‘Great Leap Forwards’ To The ‘Great Patriotic War’ (1929-41) / M. Van der Linden -- Chapter Four. From The ‘Great Patriotic War’ To The Structural Assimilation Of Eastern Europe (194156) / M. Van der Linden -- Chapter Five. From The Twentieth Congress Of The Cpsu To The Repression Of The ‘Prague Spring’ (1956-68) / M. Van der Linden -- Chapter Six. From The Repression Of The ‘Prague Spring’ To Perestroika (1968-85) / M. Van der Linden -- Chapter Seven. The Collapse And Its Aftermath: From 1985 To The Present / M. Van der Linden -- Chapter Eight. In Lieu Of A Conclusion / M. Van der Linden -- Chapter Nine. Meta-Theoretical Note / M. Van der Linden -- References / M. Van der Linden -- Index / M. Van der Linden.

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The ‘Russian Question’ was an absolutely central problem for Marxism in the twentieth century. Numerous attempts were made to understand the nature of Soviet society. The present book tries to portray the development of these theoretical contributions since 1917 in a coherent, comprehensive appraisal. It aims to present the development of the Western Marxist critique of the Soviet Union across a rather long period in history (from 1917 to the present) and in a large region (Western Europe and North America). Within this demarcation of limits in time and space, an effort has been made to ensure completeness, by paying attention to all Marxist analyses which in some way significantly deviated from or added to the older theories.