Table of contents : Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents A Note on Usage Introduction Part I. Stalin 1. Substate Dictators 2. Authoritarian Checks and Balances 3. Inside the Nomenklatura Part II. Interregnum 4. Moscow, Center Part III. Khrushchev 5. The New Art of Survival 6. Substate Nationalism 7. Scandal in Riazan 8. Administrative Revolution Part IV. Brezhnev 9. The New Course 10. Party Governors Conclusion Appendix A: A Note on Dictatorship Appendix B: Units of Analysis Appendix C: Sample Appendix D: Political Networks Appendix E: Archival Sources Appendix F: The Nomenklatura Appendix G: Regional Party Elections Appendix H: Coding Rules Glossary A B C E F G I J K M N O P R S T U V Z Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Y Z