Transition to Technocracy : The Structural Origins of the Soviet Administrative State / Don Rowney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowney, Don, Author.

Series:

Studies in Soviet History and Society Series

Studies in Soviet history and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political Science & Political History.

Local Subjects:

Political Science & Political History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.) : 6 b&w photographs, 7 illustrations, 35 tables, 3 charts, 4 graphs

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this book Don Rowney explores the changes in the Russian state administrative system that occurred across the revolutionary divide of 1917, with a focus on the period from the Civil War through the New Economic Policy (NEP) era to the onslaught of collectivization and rapid industrialization in 1929.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Preface

CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Revolution, Bureaucracy, and Technocracy in Russia

CHAPTER 2. Domestic Administration in Structural Perspective, before 1917

CHAPTER 3. The First Structural Transformation, 1917-1918

CHAPTER 4. The Transformation of Personnel in Central Government, 1917-1923

CHAPTER 5. The Communist Party and the Soviet Administrative Elite, 1922-1930

CHAPTER 6. Bureaucratic Structure and Revolution: Elite Survival and Replacement

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

1-5017-3521-7

OCLC:

1143820902