Odom The Soviet Volunteers

Modernization and Bureaucracy in Public Mass Organization
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7056-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 378 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

Founded in 1927, the Society of Friends of Defense and Aviation- Chemical Construction, or "Osoaviakhim," became the largest mass voluntary association in the Soviet Union before World War II. Conceived in Bolshevik rhetoric about the creativity of the toiling masses, this novel organizational scheme gradually acquired bureaucratic substance and played a significant role in making the civilian masses administratively accessible for elementary programs in military training and chemical and aviation technology.

William E. Odom's study of Osoaviakhim in its first decade seeks not only to recount the history of its development, but, more importantly, to demonstrate that the Soviet experience can be analyzed using the language and concepts of Western social science. In particular, the author argues that concepts from organization theory offer promising opportunities to relate Soviet area studies to the broader concerns of comparative politics, and that middle range generalizations about politics within bureaucracies may prove very helpful in explaining "who gets what, when, and how" in the Soviet polity.

Originally published in 1974.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Odom, William E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Table of Contents, pg. vii
List of Charts, pg. ix
Preface, pg. xi
Glossary, pg. xiii
Introduction, pg. 1
Chapter I. The Doctrinal Heritage, pg. 23
Chapter II. Bolshevik Perceptions of Cultural Backwardness, pg. 33
Chapter III. Implications of Technological Backwardness, pg. 40
Chapter IV. The Red Army as an Instrument of Social Transformation, pg. 50
Chapter V. Resource Constraints and the State Budget, pg. 53
Chapter VI. Osoaviakhim's Predecessors, pg. 58
Chapter VII. General Terminology and Concepts, pg. 93
Chapter VIII. The Hierarchy of Societies, pg. 109
Chapter IX. Linkages with Other Organizations, pg. 125
Chapter X. Resources–Organizational Inputs, pg. 155
Chapter XI. The Organizational Process, pg. 184
Chapter XII. A Brief Historical Sketch, pg. 209
Chapter XIII. Goals and Program Development, pg. 214
Chapter XIV. Development of the Formal Hierarchy, pg. 235
Chapter XV. Bureaucracy: Rational Structure or Political Arena?, pg. 264
Chapter XVI. Power Relations in Osoaviakhim, pg. 275
Conclusions, pg. 301
Bibliography, pg. 329
Index, pg. 347