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The Golden Dream of Bureaucracy: State and Law in the Era of Stagnation (1964–1985)

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The Golden Dream of Bureaucracy: State and Law in the Era of Stagnation (1964–1985)
14.99 €
This book is about a time when the country seemed frozen in a single, long breath. When the desire for stability proved more important than development, and the authorities, fleeing chaos, created a system from which it was impossible to awaken.
Here are the stories of real people: leaders who feared losing influence; specialists unheard by the system; citizens who lived between hope and apathy. Here are the origins of the nomenklatura, the rise and fall of reforms, the struggle for stability at any cost, and the silent cracks that grew over decades.
The author shows that stagnation doesn't mean "nothing happened." On the contrary: everything happened.
To understand why the country found itself on the brink of change in the 1980s, we must see how and where these processes began. In this book, we will see how the past doesn't simply tell its own story—it explains the present.
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