How did the Soviet Union control the behaviour of its people? How
did the people themselves engage with the official rules and the
threat of violence in their lives? In this book, Immo Rebitschek
and Aaron B. Retish, along with a collection of international
scholars, examine how social control developed under Stalin and
Khrushchev. Drawing on deep archival research from across the
former Soviet Union, they analyse the wide network of state
institutions that were used for regulating individual behaviour and
how Soviet citizens interacted with them. Together they show that
social control in the Soviet Union was not entirely about the
monolithic state imposing its vision with violent force. Instead, a
wide range of institutions such as the police, the justice system,
and party-sponsored structures in factories and farms tried to
enforce control. The book reveals that the Soviet state did not
exclusively rely on violence in its efforts to transform society
and that under Khrushchev, these methods widened. It highlights how
the state leadership itself adjusted its policing strategies and
moved away from mass repression towards legal pressure for policing
society. Social Control under Stalin and Khrushchev explores how
the Soviet state controlled the behaviour of its citizens and how
the people relied on these structures.
General
Imprint: |
University of Toronto Press
|
Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Editors: |
Immo Rebitschek
• Aaron B. Retish
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
356 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4875-4427-0 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-4875-4427-8 |
Barcode: |
9781487544270 |
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