| Do New Leaders Make a Difference?: Executive Succession and Public Policy Under Capitalism and Socialism Subjects: Heads of state -- Succession; Leadership; Policy sciences; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-; Professor Bunce assesses the impact of changes in leadership on priorities in policy within the Soviet bloc and western democratic states during the postwar era, with particular emphasis on the Soviet Union and the United States. |