Politics and Nationality in Contemporary Soviet-jewish Emigration, 1968-89

Domestic, not foreign, affairs drive Soviet policy toward Jewish emigration according to this pathbreaking study, which challenges the prevailing view that the fluctuating loevels of exit from the USSR are correlated to the climate of relations between America and the Soviet Union.

This analysis also considers Soviet-German emigration, offering an invaluable and unique comparative perspective.

The broad scope of this book aims provide extensive historical background, with special emphasis on the course of Soviet nationality policy.