Valdimir ShlapentokhVLADIMIR SHLAPENTOKH is Professor of Sociology at the Michigan State University and a former Senior Fellow at the Sociological Institute in Moscow where he conducted the first nationwide surveys of pubic opinion in the Soviet Union. He has published umerous books and articles both in the Soviet Union, before his emigration in 1979, and in the United States. Among his most recent books are Soviet Public Opinion and Ideology (Praeger, 1986), The Politics of Sociology in the Soviet Union (1987) and The Public and Private Life of the Soviet People (1988). Read More Read Less