After more than fifteen years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, numerous specialists have written about the causes of that colossal event. Economists, historians, political scientists and sociologists had provided (and are still elaborating) explanations to try to make understandable a process that a few years before had seemed impossible, even for those who fervently wished it to take place. The text is a systematic analysis of the main thesis, and offers a critical vision of the academic treatment of this fundamental theme of recent history.Transcurridos más de quince años del derrumbamiento de la Unión Soviética, numerosos especialistas han abordado el tema de las causas de un acontecimiento de tamaña magnitud. Economistas, histori...