First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Part I Part I Aspects of Social Stratification; Chapter 1 The Ethnic Factor in Contemporary Soviet Society, Ralph S. Clem; Chapter 2 The Soviet Working Class: Change and its Political Impact, Walter D. Connor; Chapter 3 Rural Society in the Soviet Union, Caroline Humphrey; Chapter 4 Women, Work and Family in the Soviet Union, Michael Paul Sacks; Chapter 5 The Universality of Demographic Processes in the USSR, Robert A. Lewis; Part II PART II Party and People; Chapter 6 Soviet Society and Communist Party Controls: A Case of Constricted Development, Mark G. Field; Chapter 7 Words and Deeds: CPSU Ideological Work, Thomas F. Remington; Part III PART III Everyday Life and Social Problems; Chapter 8 The Sacred and the Secular in the USSR, Jerry G. Pankhurst; Chapter 9 Crime and Criminals in the USSR, Louise I. Shelley; Chapter 10 Full Employment and Labor Utilization in the USSR, David Lane; Chapter 11 The Armed Forces and Soviet Society, Ellen Jones;