Substate Dictatorship

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Substate Dictatorship

Networks, Loyalty, and Institutional Change in the Soviet Union

Regional / International studies History General and world history European history History of other geographical groupings and regions History Politics and government

Authors: Yoram Gorlizki, Oleg Khlevniuk

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Collection: Yale-Hoover Series on Authoritarian Regimes

Language: English

Published by: Yale University Press

Published on: 5th August 2020

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 456 pages

ISBN: 9780300255607


Overview

An essential exploration of how authoritarian regimes operate at the local level. How do local leaders govern in a large dictatorship? What resources do they draw on?

Authors and Focus

Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk examine these questions by looking at one of the most important authoritarian regimes of the twentieth century.

Scope and Timeline

Starting in the early years after the Second World War and taking the story through to the 1970s, they chart the strategies of Soviet regional leaders, paying particular attention to the forging and evolution of local trust networks.

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