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thus, as a result of the postwar evolution of the relations between
rising interests and the party-state authorities, the soviet regime
took on a more elaborate configuration. the new setup diluted and
modified certain features of stalin抯 totalitarianism but did not
transform its essence. the most significant change was the
evolvement of the corporatist and pluralist elements within the
regime. in the post-stalin soviet union corporatism and pluralism
were implicitly permitted by the authorities and functioned not as
an antithesis to totalitarianism but as its integral parts, or
subsystems. |
corporatist and pluralist interaction helped to resolve or alleviate
economic and social problems. however, no pluralism was allowed at
the level of formulating the regime抯 political priorities and
strategies of sociopolitical development. this was the exclusive
preserve and absolute monopoly of the party-administrative
apparatus, and here all differences of interests or opinion were
reined in and tamed, both institutionally and politically, to serve
the regime抯 objectives.
the
development of corporatist and pluralist subsystems under khrushchev
and brezhnev led to a social modification of totalitarianism, while
its political structures remained relatively intact. the dismantling
of the totalitarian political system began only in the 1980s as a
result of gorbachev抯 political reforms. as soviet totalitarianism
crumbled, two deformed siblings rose from its rubble梐narchic
pluralism and oligarchic corporatism梑oth of which bore the
distinctive birthmarks of their deceased totalitarian parent.
one
of the siblings in particular梠ligarchic corporatism梐ppeared to
develop into a full-blown system or regime in the early 1990s under
president boris yeltsin. it remains to be seen whether russia can
evolve in the direction of a more mature pluralism or some form of
liberal corporatism.
