{"product_id":"before-stalinism-the-rise-and-fall-of-soviet-democracy-9780745607917","title":"Before Stalinism  The Rise and Fall of Soviet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eaeo This book is an historical study of democratic life and institutions, and their decline, in the early years of the Russian Revolution. aeo Farber assesses the extent to which the disappearance of soviet democracy was due to objective circumstances e.g. impact of civil war, result of Bolshevik politics and ideology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is a book that everyone interested in the future of socialism should read, and a book that will inform and enlighten all who are interested in the history of the Soviet Union.' \u003ci\u003eProfessor S A Smith, University of Essex\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e'When did the Russian Revolution go wrong and why? Whether one shares Samuel Farber's views or not, his is an important, at once thoughtful and passionate contribution to one of the major debates of our time.' \u003ci\u003eDaniel Singer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An honest and searching attempt to identify the roots of Stalinism in the pre-Stalin period. It can be recommended as a painstaking and scrupulous assessment, animated by a commitment to socialist democracy.' \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'The author surveys comprehensively the 'moments of choice' between the Bolshevick Revolution and the death of Lenin.' \u003ci\u003eLabour History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Farber has done much to enrich our understanding of the tradition which was never reducible just to Lenin.' \u003ci\u003eSocialist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDedication. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMajor Events in Russian History 1917-1924.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Rise and Decline of Democratic Soviets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Fate of Workers Control and Trade Union Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Freedom of the Press.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Repression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Socialist Legality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Before Stalinism: Political Alternatives.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Revolutionary Alternatives to Mainstream Bolshevism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. After the Civil War: Lenin's NEP as an Alternative (1921-1923).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404336636247,"sku":"9780745607917","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/before-stalinism-the-rise-and-fall-of-soviet-democracy-9780745607917","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}