Practicing Stalinism : Bolsheviks, boyars, and the persistence of tradition / J. Arch Getty.
In old Russia, patron/client relations, 'clan' politics, and a variety of other informal practices spanned the centuries. Government was understood to be patrimonial and personal rather than legal, and office-holding was far less important than proximity to patrons. Working from heretofore...
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