{"product_id":"the-origins-of-the-stalinist-political-system-paperback-9780521529365","title":"The Origins of the Stalinist Political System (Paperback) 9780521529365","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Origins of the Stalinist Political System\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew and challenging perspectives on Soviet political development from 1917 to 1941.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGraeme Gill (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521529365, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 July 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e472 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 3 cm, 0.752 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Origins of the Stalinist Political System offers new and challenging perspectives on Soviet political development from October 1917 until the outbreak of war in June 1941. Explanations of the emergence of a Stalinist political system have hitherto concentrated upon either impersonal factors, such as economic backwardness and the process of bureaucratisation, or Stalin the political actor and the intricacies of elite conflict. Graeme Gill examines the relationship between institutional structures and the conventions, which are created to shape the activities of individuals and considers centre\/periphery relations. He divides this period into four sequential but distinct political systems and examines how the patterns of these relationships shaped the course of development to 1941. This book incorporates a great deal of new material. It will become essential reading for specialists in, and students of Soviet history with special reference to politics under Stalin, the 1920s and the 1930s.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: what is Stalinism?\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Cohesive Oligarchy, 1917–1922: 1. The structure of sub-national politics\u003cbr\u003e 2. The structure of elite politics\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Fractured Oligarchy 1922–1929: 3. A strong party structure?\u003cbr\u003e 4. The divided elite\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Re-Formed Oligarchy 1930–1934: 5. Regions under pressure\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Stalinist elite?\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Oligarchy Subdued 1935–1941: 7. The enduring structures of sub-national politics\u003cbr\u003e 8. Elite ravaged\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: why Stalinism?\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913240043800,"sku":"9780521529365","price":47.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521529365i_26934dae-8c7e-4ab5-ac3f-57fcca111bb4.jpg?v=1691368984","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-origins-of-the-stalinist-political-system-paperback-9780521529365","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}