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

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Getty, J. Arch (John Arch), 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.