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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 20th-century Soviet Union and down to the present day. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (pages .) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780300198850 030019885X 1299781055 9781299781054 |