Regime and Society in Twentieth-Century Russia Selected Papers from the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, 1995
This book contains fresh approaches to the interaction between regime and society in twentieth-century Russia. It offers new answers to familiar questions: * How useful is 'totalitarianism' as a model to categorise authoritarian regimes? * What chances existed for tsarism to establish itse...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
1999, 1999
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| Series: | International Council for Central and East European Studies
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book contains fresh approaches to the interaction between regime and society in twentieth-century Russia. It offers new answers to familiar questions: * How useful is 'totalitarianism' as a model to categorise authoritarian regimes? * What chances existed for tsarism to establish itself as a constitutional monarchy? * Were Trotsky and Lenin dictators in waiting? * How did the Bolsheviks make the Lenin cult? * What opposition did intellectuals offer in the Soviet regime? * What is the nature of contemporary Russian constitutionalism? It is required reading for historians, political scientists, sociologists and everyone interested in modern Russia |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 266 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781349271856 |