Roy Medvedev Democratic Socialism Political Thought

Roy Medvedev grew up in the Soviet Union during the reign of Stalin, His 1969 book, "Let history judge:the origins and consequences of Stalinism," published in foreign countries, From the perspective of a historian deeply critical of Stalin and Stalinism, Its political ideology of democratic socialism to the formation of the foundation. In 1972 he published in Amsterdam and Paris, "On Socialist Democracy," a book, Systematic exposition of his own political ideology of democratic socialism. Political ideology of democratic socialism from the main content view, Whether calling for a return-Leninism, expanding inner-party democracy and allow a multiparty system and restore the functions of the Soviet socialist democratic administration of justice, Under socialism, or freedom of speech, etc. Since both are directed at Stalin period (mainly during the Stalin and Brezhnev) the drawbacks of Soviet society. He tried to political ideology of democratic socialism from the Stalinist Soviet Union spun off, The Soviet Union as a democratic socialist state. He stated clearly that democracy is not only the patent capitalism and socialism can also have democracy. West has criticized the undemocratic socialist countries, This is a typical Western Center on, That Western attempts to promote democratic model of capitalism to the world. He firmly believed that to achieve and exceed the socialist democratic capitalist democracy, As an ideal model of democracy, Because of socialist democracy reflects the human desire and pursuit.Paper is divided into five parts, The first part describes the basis and Dissertations research status. The second part introduces the Maide Wei Jeffs life and major works. The third part discusses in detail the socialist system on the next Jeff Maide Wei-party system and a multiparty system, the functions and role of the Supreme Soviet, socialist democracy, justice, and freedom of speech and other claims. The fourth part is the focus of the paper, From the Soviet dissident movement, the impact of Gorbachev's perestroika, And the creation of the Russian working people of the Socialist Party, Concrete practice of the three aspects of its political views of the Mai Dewei Jeff democratic socialist political ideology. Final conclusion, Clearly formed in the Khrushchev era political ideology of democratic socialism Maide Wei Jeff fundamental starting point, Stalin is a thorough critique of totalitarianism. The failure of the Soviet Union is not the failure of the socialist system, Political democracy is not the capitalist countries, patents, Able to meet and exceed the socialist democratic capitalist democracy, As an ideal model of democracy.