1st Edition
Stalin’s Constitution Soviet Participatory Politics and the Discussion of the 1936 Draft Constitution
By Samantha Lomb
Copyright 2018
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
190 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Upon its adoption in December 1936, Soviet leaders hailed the new so-called Stalin Constitution as the most democratic in the world. Scholars have long scoffed at this claim, noting that the mass repression of 1937–1938 that followed rendered it a hollow document. This study does not address these competing claims, but rather focuses on the six-month long popular discussion of the draft... Read more
Introduction
1. Citizenship and a Social Contract: The Drafting of the 1936 Constitution
2. Daily Life in Kirov in the 1930’s
3. Local Realities: The Implementation of the Discussion of the Draft Constitution
4. Validators of Socialist Victory: The Discussion in the Local Press
5. Popular Voices: Interpreting Citizens' Rights and Duties
6. Integration, Exclusion and Accountability
7. The Constitution, the 1937 Elections and Repression
Conclusion
A Note on Sources
The Draft Constitution of the USSR
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Samantha Lomb is a Dotsent (Assistant Professor) in the Foreign Language Department at Vyatka State University, Kirov, Russia.
