Mass Political Culture Under Stalinism Popular Discussion of the Soviet Constitution of 1936 /

• Main Author: Velikanova, Olga (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Russia-History.; Europe, Eastern-History.; World politics.; History, Modern.; Social history.; Russian, Soviet, and East European History.; Political History.; Modern History.; Social History.

This book is the first full-length study of the Soviet Constitution of 1936, exploring Soviet citizens' views of constitutional democratic principles and their problematic relationship to the reality of Stalinism. Drawing on archival materials, the book offers an insight into the mass political...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Sources
• Part I. Government Goals for the Constitution Revision and National Discussion
• 3. The Origins of Constitutional Reform
• 4. Moderation in the Policies of the Mid-1930s
• 5. Motives for the New Constitution
• 6. Soviet Sociopolitical Mobilizations
• 7. The State's Goals for the Nationwide Discussion
• Part II. Popular Perceptions of the Constitution
• 8. The Economic Situation at the Grassroots Level
• 9. Liberal Discourse
• 10. Voices against Liberties
• 11. Other Comments and Recommendations
• 12. Outcome of the Discussion: From Relaxation to Repression
• 13. On Russian Political Culture in the Twentieth Century
• 14. Conclusion.