Stalin's constitution : Soviet participatory politics and the discussion of the 1936 draft constitution /
"Upon its adoption in December 1936, Soviet leadifers 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 rendifered it a hollow document. This study does not addre...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2018.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in modern European history ;
49. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Upon its adoption in December 1936, Soviet leadifers 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 rendifered 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 leadifership and citizens about the new Soviet social contract, which delineated the roles the state and citizens should play in developing socialism. For the central leadifership, 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 leadifership 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (ix, 178 pages)) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-168) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315194004 1315194007 1351759841 9781351759847 1138721840 9781351759823 1351759825 9781138721845 9781351759830 1351759833 |