Politics, Society and Stalinism in the USSR

Over the past two decades in the West there has been a substantial re-appraisal of the Stalinist period. Social historians, in particular, have focused their attention on the social dynamics of Stalinism. This collection of essays is based on a conference held at the School of Slavonic & East European Studies, the University of London, on 'Stalin and Stalinism'. The contributors have analysed specific areas of the research available on Stalin and Stalinism in the USSR debate. Their work should be placed within the context of current scholarship in the field, both in the Former Soviet Union and the West. This groundbreaking text will be critical in stimulating interest in the subject and providing material for further debate.

Autorentext

SARAH DAVIES Lecturer in History, University of Durham DONALD FILTZER Reader in European Studies, University of East London CATHERINE MERRIDALE Lecturer in European History, University of Bristol SILVIO PONS Lecturer in Contemporary History, Bari University, Italy E.A. REES Senior Lecturer in Soviet History, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham ROBERT SERVICE Professor of Russian History and Politics, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London STEPHEN WHITE Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow.

Inhalt

Notes on the Contributors Introduction; John Channon Joseph Stalin: The Making of a Stalinist: Robert Service Stalinism: The Primacy of Politics; E.A.Rees The Origins of the Stalinist State: Power and Politics in Moscow, 1928-32; Catherine Merridale Stalinism and Party Organization (1933-48); Silvio Pons The Leader Cult: Propaganda and Its Reception in Stalin's Russia; Sarah Davies Stalinism and the Graphic Arts; Stephen White Stalinism and the Working Class in the 1930s; Donald Filtzer Stalin and the Peasantry: Reassessing the Postwar Years, 1945-53; John Channon Index