TY - JOUR AB - Gorbachev′s vision of democratic, decentralised and market‐oriented socialism has generated diverse and controversial perceptions in the Soviet Union. Gorbachev′s claim that the USSR is not retreating from socialism but advancing towards it, having dismantled the Stalinist Command model, is assessed. VL - 18 IS - 5/6/7 SN - 0306-8293 DO - 10.1108/03068299110137037 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299110137037 AU - Dowlah Abu F. AU - Elliott John E. PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - Gorbachev's Critique and Vision of Soviet Socialism T2 - International Journal of Social Economics PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 139 EP - 174 Y2 - 2024/04/18 ER -