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Stalin's Constitution: Soviet Participatory Politics and the Discussion of the 1936 Draft Constitution
(Routledge Studies in Modern European History)
| Material Type | E-Book |
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| Edition | First edition |
| Publisher | London : Taylor and Francis |
| Year | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Size | 1 online resource : text file, PDF |
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| Media type | 機械可読データファイル |
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| Notes | "Upon its adoption in December 1936, Soviet leaders hailed the new so-called Stalin Constitution as the most democratic in the world. Scholars have long scoffed at this claim, noting that the mass repression of 1937-1938 that followed rendered it a hollow document. This study does not address these competing claims, but rather focuses on the six-month long popular discussion of the draft Constitution, which preceded its formal adoption in December 1936. Drawing on rich archival sources, this book uses the discussion of the draft 1936 Constitution to examine discourse between the central state leadership and citizens about the new Soviet social contract, which delineated the roles the state and citizens should play in developing socialism. For the central leadership, mobilizing its citizenry in a variety of state building campaigns was the main goal of the discussion of the draft Constitution. However, the goals of the central leadership at times stood in stark contrast with the people's expressed interpretation of that social contract. Citizens of the USSR focused on securing rights and privileges, often related to improving their daily lives, from the central government."--Provided by publisher Open Access |
| Authors | *Lomb, Samantha, |
| Subjects | LCSH:Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 FREE:Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 BSH:Electronic books FREE:History LCSH:Constitutional history -- Soviet Union All Subject Search LCSH:Political participation -- Soviet Union -- History All Subject Search BISACSH:LAW -- Constitutional All Subject Search BISACSH:LAW -- Public All Subject Search FREE:Constitutional history FREE:Political participation FREE:Politics and government FREE:Social conditions LCSH:Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- History All Subject Search LCSH:Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- History All Subject Search FREE:Soviet Union FREE:Konstitut︠s︡ii︠a︡ (Soviet Union : 1936) LCSH:Soviet Union |
| Classification | DC23:342.4702 |
| ID | ED00003783 |
| ISBN | 9781315194004 |