Practicing Stalinism : Bolsheviks, boyars, and the persistence of tradition

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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Main Author: Getty, J. Arch (John Arch), 1950- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za > Party work.
Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za
1917-1953
Politics, Practical > Soviet Union.
Politics, Practical > Social aspects > Soviet Union.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Political parties
Politics and government
Politics, Practical
Politics, Practical > Social aspects
Elite
Herrschaft
Stalinismus
Tradition
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1917-1936.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953.
Soviet Union
Sowjetunion
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Table of Contents:
  • The old and the new
  • Cults and personalities, politics and bodies
  • The party personnel system: upstairs at the Central Committee
  • The party personnel system: downstairs at the Central Committee
  • Principled and personal conflicts
  • Stalin and the clans I: the "King's men"
  • Stalin and the clans II: who can vote? who can shoot?
  • Stalin and the clans III: the last stand of the clans
  • Epilogue. The new and the old.

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