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Trotsky and the problem of Soviet bureaucracy / by Thomas M. Twiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Twiss, Thomas M., author.
- Series:
- Historical materialism book series ; Volume 67.
- Historical Materialism Book Series, 1570-1522 ; Volume 67
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bureaucracy--Soviet Union--History.
- Bureaucracy.
- Socialism--Soviet Union--History.
- Socialism.
- Socialism--Philosophy.
- Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
- Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940--Political and social views.
- Trotsky, Leon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (514 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the twentieth century the problem of post-revolutionary bureaucracy emerged as the most pressing theoretical and political concern confronting Marxism. No one contributed more to the discussion of this question than Leon Trotsky. In Trotsky and the Problem of Soviet Bureaucracy , Thomas M. Twiss traces the development of Trotsky’s thinking on this issue from the first years after the Bolshevik Revolution through the Moscow Trials of the 1930's. Throughout, he examines how Trotsky’s perception of events influenced his theoretical understanding of the problem, and how Trotsky’s theory reciprocally shaped his analysis of political developments. Additionally, Twiss notes both strengths and weaknesses of Trotsky’s theoretical perspective at each stage in its development.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 Bureaucracy before October
- 2 Revolution and the Problems of Bureaucracy
- 3 From Inefficiency to Political Alienation
- 4 A Coherent Theory of Bureaucracy
- 5 Left Turn and Theoretical Crisis
- 6 The Turn and the Theoretical Crisis Deepen
- 7 Theoretical Revolution
- 8 The Final Theory
- 9 Reconsidering Trotsky’s Theory
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-26953-3
- OCLC:
- 879527565
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