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INTRODUCTION ERIK P. HOFFMANN (Albany, N.Y., U.S.A.) External Influences on Soviet Domestic Politics: An Introduction The manner and extent to which international developments can influence the internal politics of a major industrial nation is a question of immense intellectual and practical significance. Are key elements in the external en- vironment of the Soviet Union fostering certain kinds of domestic political change? If so, which external factors are producing what kinds of political change? How significant are these changes? To what extent are these develop- ments the result of dimly perceived impersonal forces and uncontrollable trends, or are they the effects of direct, purposeful action by foreign states or nongovernmental institutions? To what degree can external forces be mar- shalled or manipulated to achieve certain ends? What ends should be pursued? Arid how do the current Soviet leaders perceive the nature, significance, purposefulness, and consequences of external influences? . The goal of the Columbia University conference on "The External En- vironment and Political Change in the Soviet Union" was to further under- standing of these and related questions. The aim of the present essay is to discuss some of the intellectual and practical issues associated with these questions, to
The Soviet and Post Soviet Review – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1977
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