The Soviet Leadership Enters the 1980’s

Jane P. Shapiro has served as professor of political science at Manhattanville College and as visiting professor of foreign affairs at the National War College. She is co-editor of several volumes, including Change and Adaptation in Soviet and East European Politics (New York: Praeger, 1976), From the Cold War to Détente (New York: Praeger, 1976), and Communist Systems in Comparative Perspective (New York: Doubleday, 1974). She has published articles in Canadian Slavonic Papers, Comparative Politics, Soviet Studies, Pacific Affairs, and Studies in Comparative Communism,’ and is a managing editor of the journal, Soviet Union.