ISBN-13: 9781403901187 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 229 str.
ISBN-13: 9781403901187 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 229 str.
This book analyzes the development of the Stalinist state of the 1930s from the perspective of the changing nature of center-local relations. It examines the trend toward greater central state control over the formation and implementation of economic policy and the shift toward increased state repression through a series of archive-based case studies of the center's interactions with its republican and regional bodies. The book provides the basis for a new conceptualization of the Stalinist state.