Download or read book The Soviet Union and Social Science Theory written by Jerry F. Hough and published by Cambridge : Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph containing essays on characteristics of the political system of the USSR and on its perception by sociologists in the USA - discusses the relationship of the communist political party and social classes, distribution of political power among interest groups, centralization and decentralization, trends in political participation, etc., and comments on the conceptualization and methodology of the study of the USSR and its implications for social sciences theory. References and statistical tables.