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Practicing Stalinism: Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition, Gett
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- ISBN
- 9780300169294
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Practicing Stalinism : Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition
- Item Height
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- Item Length
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- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Item Width
- 0.6in
- Item Weight
- 24.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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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 unused documents from the Communist archives, J. Arch Getty shows how these political practices and traditions from old Russia have persisted throughout the twentieth-century Soviet Union and down to the present day. Getty examines a number of case studies of political practices in the Stalin era and after. These include cults of personality, the transformation of Old Bolsheviks into noble grandees, the Communist Party's personnel selection system, and the rise of political clans ("family circles") after the 1917 Revolutions. Stalin's conflicts with these clans, and his eventual destruction of them, were key elements of the Great Purges of the 1930s. But although Stalin could destroy the competing clans, he could not destroy the historically embedded patron-client relationship, as a final chapter on political practice under Putin shows.
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Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300169299
ISBN-13
9780300169294
eBay Product ID (ePID)
160008364
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Practicing Stalinism : Bolsheviks, Boyars, and the Persistence of Tradition
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Jn6581.G48 2013
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"Getty argues that traditional Russian symbols and practices, combined with clientelistic personal rule at all levels, pervaded the Soviet and even post-Soviet political systems. His extensive use of archive sources imparts authenticity and drama to a compelling account of how the past overpowered a regime dedicated to creating the future. An absorbing study."--Geoffrey Hosking, author of Russia and the Russians: A History, "A lively and interesting work, Practicing Stalinism will surely spark historiographical controversy and should be the topic of wide discussion."--Lynne Viola, author of The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin's Special Settlements, "A lively and interesting work, Practicing Stalinism will surely spark historiographical controversy and should be the topic of wide discussion."-Lynne Viola, author of The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin's Special Settlements, "A compelling account of the continuities and persistent practices of governance in Russian history that shaped both the way Stalin ruled the Soviet Union as well as how Putin dominates Russia today. Getty deploys his vast knowledge of Stalinism to demonstrate that patrimonial patterns of leadership and popular deference were as much a part of the integrated Soviet system as were the bureaucratic institutional norms of the state."--Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan, "A compelling account of the continuities and persistent practices of governance in Russian history that shaped both the way Stalin ruled the Soviet Union as well as how Putin dominates Russia today. Getty deploys his vast knowledge of Stalinism to demonstrate that patrimonial patterns of leadership and popular deference were as much a part of the integrated Soviet system as were the bureaucratic institutional norms of the state."-Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan, "There hasn't been much sign of Russian 'democratization' recently. Perhaps it's time to get back to history, Arch Getty's new book suggests, and the 'deep structures' of patrimonial power that have underpinned Russian elite politics from medieval times up to the present. This richly documented and wide-ranging study has made a compelling case for doing so."--Stephen White, University of Glasgow, "Getty argues that traditional Russian symbols and practices, combined with clientelistic personal rule at all levels, pervaded the Soviet and even post-Soviet political systems. His extensive use of archive sources imparts authenticity and drama to a compelling account of how the past overpowered a regime dedicated to creating the future. An absorbing study."-Geoffrey Hosking, author of Russia and the Russians: A History, "There hasn't been much sign of Russian 'democratization' recently. Perhaps it's time to get back to history, Arch Getty's new book suggests, and the 'deep structures' of patrimonial power that have underpinned Russian elite politics from medieval times up to the present. This richly documented and wide-ranging study has made a compelling case for doing so."-Stephen White, University of Glasgow
Copyright Date
2013
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Historiography, Political Process / General, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Modern / 20th Century
Lccn
2013-000343
Dewey Decimal
324.24707509041
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
History, Political Science
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