Grand theater : regional governance in Stalin's Russia, 1931-1941 /

Grand Theater examines bureaucracy not as a readily identifiable structure but rather as a process of day-to-day operation. Thus it is concerned with how agencies of both the communist party and the state apparatus not only implemented directives from above but also responded to perceived successes...

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Main Author: Holmes, Larry E. (Larry Eugene), 1942-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2009
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Summary:Grand Theater examines bureaucracy not as a readily identifiable structure but rather as a process of day-to-day operation. Thus it is concerned with how agencies of both the communist party and the state apparatus not only implemented directives from above but also responded to perceived successes and failures, chose to produce, share, and conceal information, and reacted when common citizens injected themselves into governance by making demands and complaints. It concentrates on the 1930s as a seminal period when Stalin's regime established a hypercentralized system that dominated the Soviet.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 257 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780739135938
0739135937
9786612494529
6612494522
Language:English.
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