Bureaucratic politics of Soviet energy policy in the late Brezhnev period, 1976-1982: policy process and the energy balance. (Volumes I and II)

Thesis/Dissertation · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6267889

Jones, E A

During 1976-82, policy disputes existed throughout the Soviet political system over what priority should be given to the West Siberia Petroleum and Gas Complex's development. In the Politburo and Secretariat, most members were motivated to take distinct stands on issues of energy policy strategy, with each member's stand based on his own combination of political, personal, and organizational reasons. Energy-related ministries and Gosplan departments pursued their own organizational missions and priorities, and obstructed official policies and projects in spite of their inclusion in the Five-Year Plan and widespread support for them at all levels of the Soviet political system. The energy policy process was strongly influenced by the actions and interactions of the different energy-policy groups. Each energy-policy group was a cross-institutional cluster of actors. During 1976-82, the policy process for formulating and implementing Soviet energy policy was best explained by a combination of (1) the organizational process model, which operated at the ministry level and to a degree among the regional party secretaries who sat on the Politiburo, and (2) the bureaucratic politics model, which operated in Gosplan, the Secretariat, and the Politburo.

• Research Organization: Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6267889
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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