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020 _a9781315194004
_q(e-book : PDF)
020 _a9781351759823
_q(e-book: Mobi)
020 _z9781138721845
_q(hardback)
024 7 _a10.4324/9781315194004
_2doi
035 _a(OCoLC)1004362100
040 _aFlBoTFG
_beng
_cFlBoTFG
_erda
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050 4 _aKLA2064.51936
_b.L66 2018
082 0 4 _a342.4702
_bL839
100 1 _aLomb, Samantha,
_eauthor.
_915184
245 1 0 _aStalin's constitution :
_bSoviet participatory politics and the discussion of the 1936 draft constitution /
_cSamantha Lomb.
264 1 _aAbingdon, Oxon ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bRoutledge,
_c2018.
300 _a1 online resource (ix, 178 pages)
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aRoutledge studies in modern European history ;
_vVolume 49
505 0 _aCitizenship and a social contract : the drafting of the 1936 Constitution -- Daily life in Kirov in the 1930's -- Local realities : the implementation of the discussion of the draft constitution --Validators of Socialist victory : the discussion in the local press -- Popular voices : interpreting citizens' rights and duties -- Integration, exclusion, and accountability -- The constitution, the 1937 elections, and repression.
520 _a"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.
600 1 0 _aStalin, Joseph,
_d1878-1953.
610 1 0 _aSoviet Union.
_tKonstituëtìsiëiìa (1936)
_924500
650 0 _aConstitutional history
_zSoviet Union.
_915191
650 0 _aPolitical participation
_zSoviet Union
_xHistory.
_915192
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xPolitics and government
_xHistory.
_915193
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xSocial conditions
_xHistory.
_915194
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781138721845
_w(DLC) 2017025920
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315194004
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