"A Party of a New Type", by Bertram D. Wolfe, PROBLEMS OF COMMUNISM

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"A Party of a New Type"

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union, by Leonard Schapiro

by Bertram D. Wolfe

Problems of Communism, July 1960, pp. 43-44

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Issues of the 1950s = 5 Years, 26 Issues, 264 Articles
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  Issues of 1955 = 2 Issues, 15 Articles
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  Issues of 1956 = 6 Issues, 65 Articles
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  Issues of 1957 = 6 Issues, 65 Articles
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  Issues of 1958 = 6 Issues, 55 Articles
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  Issues of 1959 = 6 Issues, 64 Articles
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Issues of the 1960s = 10 Years, 52 Issues, 729 Articles
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  Issues of 1960 = 6 Issues, 81 Articles
  1. [+]
    January 1960 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Toward a "Communist Welfare State"? by Alec Nove, pp. 1-9
    2. Why the Changes? by Solomon M. Schwarz, pp. 10-11
    3. Facts and Polemics by Bertram D. Wolfe, p. 12
    4. The Logic of Economics by Bertrand de Jouvenel, pp. 13-15
    5. The Consumer and the System by Peter Wiles, pp. 16-17
    6. Ideology, Power and Welfare by Richard Lowenthal, pp. 18-20
    7. Freedom vs. Bread: An Asian Viewpoint by Asoka Mehta, pp. 21-22
    8. The New Expansionism by Robert C. North, pp. 23-30
    9. The Weapon of Trade by Yuan-li Wu, pp. 31-39
    10. The Soviet Theater, Part II by Juergen Ruehle, pp. 40-49
    11. [+]
      Visitors to China by Richard L. Walker, pp. 50-54 - 4 Reviews
      1. Impatient Giant: Red China Today by Gerald Clark
      2. What's Happening in China by Lord Boyd Orr and Peter Townsend
      3. The Yellow Wind by William Stevenson
      4. The Communist Persuasion by Eleutherius Winance
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      Dictatorship and the Press by Philip M. Foisie, pp. 55-57 - 1 Review
      1. The Press in Authoritarian Countries
    13. A New History---A New Mythology by Leonard Schapiro, pp. 58-60
    14. Panferov, Peasants, and Literary Art by Tom Scriven, pp. 61-62
    15. Correspondence, pp. 63-65
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    March 1960 Issue = 11 Articles
    1. What Happened to Revisionism? by William E. Griffith, pp. 1-8
    2. Rationality and Doctrine in Economic Thought by Bernard Cazes, pp. 9-15
    3. The Polish "Economic Model" by J.M. Montias, pp. 16-23
    4. Hungary's Craving for Normalcy by Paul Ignotus, pp. 24-30
    5. Equality and Inequality Under Khrushchev by Robert A. Feldmesser, pp. 31-39
    6. "...But Some Are More Equal Than Others" by Seweryn Bialer, pp. 40-50
    7. [+]
      The Managers by Margaret Dewar, pp. 51-52 - 1 Review
      1. The Red Executive by David Granick
    8. [+]
      The Functionaries by R.V. Burks, pp. 53-54 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Soviet Bureaucratic Elite by John A. Armstrong
      2. Stalin and the Soviet Communist Party by Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov
    9. [+]
      The Police by Leon Goure, pp. 55-58 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Secret World by Peter Deriabin and Frank Gibney
      2. In the Name of Conscience by Nikolai E. Khokhlov
      3. Beria's Gardens by Unto Parvilahti
    10. The Party and the Universities by Jaan Pennar, pp. 59-61
    11. "All the News That's Fit to Print"? by Leo Gruliow, pp. 62-65
  3. [+]
    May 1960 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Strains in the Sino-Soviet Alliance by Donald S. Zagoria, pp. 1-11
    2. Soviet Power and Marxist Determinism by Robert V. Daniels, pp. 12-18
    3. The Soviet Attitude on Outer Space by Andrew Swatkovsky, pp. 19-24
    4. Nationalities in the USSR by Alex Inkeles, pp. 25-34
    5. Communism and Anti-Semitism by Erich Goldhagen, pp. 35-43
    6. Toward a "Communist Welfare State"? by Leonard Schapiro, p. 44
    7. Basic Flaws by Leon M. Herman, p. 45
    8. What are the Facts? by Aleksander Kutt, pp. 45-46
    9. Some Additional Data by Robert J. Myers, p. 47
    10. Subjective Factors and Objective Facts by Pat Sloan, p. 48
    11. A Reply to My Critics by Alec Nove, pp. 49-51
    12. [+]
      Communism vs. Confucianism by Michael Lindsay, pp. 52-55 - 2 Reviews
      1. Confucian China and Its Modern Fate by Joseph R. Levenson
      2. The Soul of China by Amaury de Riencourt
    13. [+]
      Social Patterns in Transformation by E. Stuart Kirby, pp. 56-60 - 1 Review
      1. A Chinese Village in Early Communist Transition by C.K. Yang
    14. Planning and Efficiency by J.M. Montias, pp. 61-64
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    July 1960 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. The Nature of Khrushchev's Power by Richard Lowenthal, pp. 1-6
    2. The Struggle Goes On by Robert Conquest, pp. 7-11
    3. Yugoslavia by Immanuel Birnbaum, pp. 12-17
    4. The Current Status of the Soviet Worker by Paul Barton, pp. 18-26
    5. The Peasant, the Party and the System by Arcadius Kahan, pp. 27-36
    6. [+]
      Sense and Nonsense about Soviet Aggression by Alfred G. Meyer, pp. 37-40 - 2 Reviews
      1. Protracted Conflict by Robert Strausz-Hupe, William R. Kintner, and James E. Dougherty, ...
      2. The Question of National Defense by Oskar Morgenstern
    7. [+]
      A History of Post-Stalin Russia by George Denicke, pp. 41-42 - 1 Review
      1. The Kremlin Since Stalin by Wolfgang Leonhard
    8. [+]
      "A Party of a New Type" by Bertram D. Wolfe, pp. 43-44 - 1 Review
      1. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union by Leonard Schapiro
    9. [+]
      The "Thaw" and After in Eastern Europe by Paul Willen, pp. 45-48 - 4 Reviews
      1. The Revolt of the Mind by Tamas Aczel and Tibor Meray
      2. The Warsaw Heresy by Sh.L. Shnayderman
      3. The Reluctant Satellites by Leslie B. Bain
      4. The Soviet Bloc: Unity and Conflict by Zbigniew Brzezinski
    10. [+]
      Bulgarian Communism by Cyril E. Black, pp. 49-50 - 1 Review
      1. The Communist Party of Bulgaria by Joseph Rothschild
    11. [+]
      The Indian CP by Myron Weiner, pp. 51-53 - 1 Review
      1. Soviet Russia and Indian Communism, 1917-1947 by David N. Druhe
    12. [+]
      Britain's "Pink Decade" by Stephen Spender, pp. 54-56 - 1 Review
      1. Communism and British Intellectuals by Neal Wood
    13. The CMEA by Alfred Zauberman, pp. 57-58
    14. Hungary's Prisoners by Paul Ignotus, p. 59
    15. Correspondence, pp. 60-64
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    September 1960 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. Pattern and Limits of the Sino-Soviet Dispute by Zbigniew Brzezinski, pp. 1-7
    2. Communist Fronts by Robert H. Bass, pp. 8-16
    3. Communism in Holland by Frits Kool, pp. 17-24
    4. Tibet in Captivity by George Ginsburgs and Michael Mathos, pp. 25-31
    5. Living Standards and Consumer Goods by Marshall I. Goldman, pp. 32-41
    6. Popular Participation by Howard R. Swearer, pp. 42-51
    7. "Socialist Transformation" in the Countryside by Victor Meier, pp. 52-56
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      Reportage---or Wishful Thinking? by Donald W. Treadgold, pp. 57-59 - 2 Reviews
      1. To Moscow---And Beyond by Harrison E. Salisbury
      2. Khrushchev's Russia by Edward Crankshaw
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      Communism in Asia by Gene D. Overstreet, p. 60 - 4 Reviews
      1. A Short History of Communism in East Asia by Malcolm D. Kennedy
      2. Communism in South East Asia by J.H. Brimmell
      3. Communist China and Asia by A. Doak Barnett
      4. Marxism in Southeast Asia by Frank N. Trager
    10. Who Pulled the Trigger? by Otto Pick, pp. 61-67
    11. Peaceful Coexistence and Piecemeal Distortions by Lazar M. Pistrak, pp. 68-69
    12. Correspondence, pp. 70-73
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    November 1960 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. The Vision of Communism from Marx to Khrushchev by Wiktor Sukiennicki, pp. 1-9
    2. The Glorious Future---Realities and Chimeras by Erich Goldhagen, pp. 10-18
    3. Totalitarianism Without Coercion? by Herbert Ritvo, pp. 19-29
    4. The Outlook for the Soviet Consumer by William N. Turpin, pp. 30-37
    5. The Current Status of the Soviet Worker by Emily Clark Brown, pp. 38-40
    6. The Arduous March Forward by Margaret Dewar, pp. 41-42
    7. The Muted Voices from Below by Solomon M. Schwarz, pp. 43-44
    8. A Reply by Paul Barton, pp. 45-47
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      Blueprint for the Future? by Robert C. Tucker, pp. 48-49 - 1 Review
      1. The Soviet Design for a World State by Elliot R. Goodman
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      Communism in the USA by William C. Gausmann, pp. 50-52 - 3 Reviews
      1. American Communism and Soviet Russia by Theodore Draper
      2. The Decline of American Communism by David A. Shannon
      3. Communism in American Politics by David J. Saposs
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      From Jail to Freedom by Paul Kecskemeti, pp. 53-54 - 2 Reviews
      1. Political Prisoner by Paul Ignotus
      2. You Are All Alone by Jozsef Kovago
    12. Transition to Communism by Henry W. Morton, pp. 55-58
    13. Correspondence, pp. 59-61
    14. Index to Volume IX, pp. 62-64
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  Issues of 1964 = 5 Issues, 66 Articles
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  Issues of 1965 = 6 Issues, 90 Articles
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  Issues of 1966 = 5 Issues, 89 Articles
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  Issues of 1967 = 4 Issues, 75 Articles
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  Issues of 1968 = 5 Issues, 66 Articles
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  Issues of 1969 = 4 Issues, 67 Articles
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Issues of the 1970s = 10 Years, 55 Issues, 659 Articles
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  Issues of 1970 = 6 Issues, 99 Articles
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  Issues of 1971 = 5 Issues, 86 Articles
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  Issues of 1972 = 6 Issues, 78 Articles
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  Issues of 1973 = 5 Issues, 53 Articles
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  Issues of 1974 = 6 Issues, 68 Articles
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  Issues of 1975 = 6 Issues, 65 Articles
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  Issues of 1976 = 5 Issues, 55 Articles
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  Issues of 1977 = 5 Issues, 49 Articles
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  Issues of 1978 = 6 Issues, 54 Articles
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  Issues of 1979 = 5 Issues, 52 Articles
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Issues of the 1980s = 10 Years, 51 Issues, 461 Articles
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  Issues of 1980 = 6 Issues, 60 Articles
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  Issues of 1981 = 4 Issues, 35 Articles
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  Issues of 1982 = 6 Issues, 59 Articles
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  Issues of 1987 = 6 Issues, 47 Articles
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  Issues of 1989 = 5 Issues, 46 Articles
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  Issues of 1991 = 4 Issues, 46 Articles
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  Issues of 1992 = 3 Issues, 66 Articles