Perestroika
<p>December 22, 2020, 9:09 PM</p>
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<p>=> REFORM/ Restructuring; greater independence ; (my mnemonic: troika: three rather than jus tone; move away from central authority (give SOEs to the oligarchs; my example of how his goes wrong) </p>
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<p>Perestroika allowed more independent actions from various ministries and introduced many <a title="Market economy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_economy">market</a>-like reforms. The alleged goal of perestroika, however, was not to end the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Command economy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_economy">command economy</a> but rather to make <a title="Socialism" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism">socialism</a> work more efficiently to better meet the needs of Soviet citizens by adopting elements of liberal economics.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perestroika#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> The process of implementing perestroika created shortages, political, social, and economic tensions within the Soviet Union and is often blamed for the political ascent of <a title="Nationalism" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism">nationalism</a> and nationalist political parties in the constituent republics. Perestroika and its associated structural ailments have been cited as major catalysts leading to the <a title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perestroika#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup></p>