Stalinist planning as political practice: control and repression on the Soviet periphery, 1935-1938

Authors :: Baron, Nick
Source :: Europe-Asia Studies. May, 2004, Vol. 56 Issue 3, p439, 24 p.
Publication Year :: 2004
Abstract: An analysis of rationality of Stalinist rule, describing its operation in and consequences for one sphere of everyday life while focusing on the interaction between economic planning and regional officials' behavior during second five-year plan is presented. Evolution of mass purge due to enforcement of political control over the peripheral economy is discussed.

Subjects :: Soviet Union -- Political aspects
Soviet Union -- Economic aspects
Economic conditions -- Analysis
International relations
Regional focus/area studies

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