Lenin's Electoral Strategy from Marx and Engels through the Revolution of 1905 - The Ballot, the Streets-or Both (Hardcover)

Can electoral and parliamentary arenas be used toward revolutionary ends? This is precisely the question that held Lenin's attention from 1905 to 1917, leading him to conclude that they could-and would. This book explores the time in which Lenin initiated his use of the electorate, beginning with the Marxist roots of Lenin's politics, and then details his efforts to lead the deputies of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in the First and Second State Dumas, concluding with Russia's first experiment in representative democracy from 1906 to 1907. During this time, Lenin had to address issues such as whether to boycott or participate in undemocratic elections, how to conduct election campaigns, whether to enter into electoral blocs and the related lesser of two evils dilemma, how to keep deputies accountable to the party, and how to balance electoral politics with armed struggle. Lenin later said that the lessons of that work were 'indispensable' for Bolshevik success in 1917, which means that this detailed analysis of that period is crucial to any thorough understanding of Leninism.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	August H. Nimtz
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	225
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-39377-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Elections & referenda Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Demonstrations & protest movements
LSN:	1-137-39377-7
Barcode:	9781137393777

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