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…
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…
"Terror and Democracy in the Age of Stalin is the first comprehensive study of popular participation in the "Great Terror," a period in which millions of people were arrested, interrogated, shot, and sent to labor camps. The book shifts attention from the machinations of top par…
Examining Stalin's reign of terror, this text argues that the Soviet people were not simply victims but also actors in the violence, criticisms and local decisions of the 1930s. It suggests that more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened b…
Examining Stalin's reign of terror, this text argues that the Soviet people were not simply victims but also actors in the violence, criticisms and local decisions of the 1930s. It suggests that more believed in Stalin's quest to eliminate internal enemies than were frightened b…
"In The Soviet Century Moshe Lewin traces the USSR's history in all its complexity, drawing widely upon previously unavailable archive material. Highlighting key factors such as demography, economics, culture and political repression, Lewin guides us through the inner workings o…
"Investigations of Stalin's regime have usually concentrated on events in Moscow, Leningrad, and other industrial centres of the Soviet Union. In contrast, Kees Boterbloem provides an unprecedented look at the lives of Russians in a typical, yet largely unnoticed, province. The …
"Investigations of Stalin's regime have usually concentrated on events in Moscow, Leningrad, and other industrial centres of the Soviet Union. In contrast, Kees Boterbloem provides an unprecedented look at the lives of Russians in a typical, yet largely unnoticed, province. The …
Ernest Mandel's new book is a study of Eurocommunism unlike any other. Written in the polemical tradition of Trotsky, its sweep extends well beyond the immediate prospects of the Communist Parties of Western Europe. Mandel traces the long historical process which has transformed…