Grand theater : regional governance in Stalin's Russia, 1931-1941 / Larry E. Holmes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes, Larry E. (Larry Eugene), 1942-2022.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bureaucracy--Soviet Union--History.

Bureaucracy.

Regionalism--Soviet Union--History.

Regionalism.

Soviet Union--Politics and government.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Grand Theater examines bureaucracy not as a readily identifiable structure, which it certainly was, but rather as a process of day-to-day operation. Thus it is concerned with how agencies of both the Communist Party and the state apparatus not only implemented directives from above but also responded to perceived successes and failures, chose to produce, share, and conceal information, and reacted when common citizens injected themselves into governance by making demands and complaints.

Contents:

A script of perfection, failure, blame

Ascent into darkness : escalating negativity, 1931-1941

A symbiosis of errors : the personal, professional, and political, 1931-1938

The art of complaint, 1931-1938

Power to the people and to the state : great performances by V.P. Bulygina and E.T. Chernykh

"My friend, I've hit rock bottom" : politics and friendship

A tragedy : the terror

Degeneration of the symbiosis of errors, 1938-1941

"Stop this petty tyranny" : letters and the administration of schools in Falenki, 1940-1941

Proprietary professionalism : mine by right, 1938-1941.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

1-282-49452-X

9786612494529

0-7391-3593-7

OCLC:

436233110