Revival: Soviet Politics: The Dilemma of Power (1950)

The Role of Ideas in Social Change
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-89677-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 518 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 957 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1950, this book investigates the interaction between Communist ideology and Soviet political practices from the period of Lenin's theoretical formulations to the contemporary Soviet bureaucratic state. The book's preface describes it as a "distinguished contribution both to the understanding of Soviet society and to the development of a more mature social science."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moore, Jr, Barrington

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Klubs, Vereine, Geheimgesellschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Problem and Its Setting Part 1: Leninist Theory and Practice before the Revolution 1. How an Ideology Emerged 2. Lenin's Plans for the New Society 3. The Party Faces the Dilemma of Means and Ends Part 2: The Dilemma of Authority From Lenin to Stalin 4. Victory Creates Dilemmas 5. Alternative Solutions 6. Political Dynamics: Who Shall Command? 7. The Transformation of the Rulers 8. The Mythology of Status and the New Bureaucracy 9. Revolution and World Politics Part 3: Today's Dilemma 10. New Wine in Old Bottles: The Stalinist Theory of Equality 11. The Organisations of Authority 12. The Bureaucratic State 13. The Industrial Order: Stalin and Adam Smith 14. The Class Struggle in a Socialist Society 15. Revolution from Above: The Transformation of the Peasantry 16. The Pattern of Soviet Foreign Policy 17. The Relations of Ideology and Foreign Policy 18. Conclusions and Implications

Über Autor(innen)

Barrington Moore Jr, The Russian Research Center, Harvard University and The University of Chicago, USA