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Jewish Souls, Bureaucratic Minds - Jewish Bureaucracy and Policymaking in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1917 (Hardcover)
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Jewish Souls, Bureaucratic Minds - Jewish Bureaucracy and Policymaking in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1917 (Hardcover)
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Jewish Souls, Bureaucratic Minds examines the phenomenon of Jewish
bureaucracy in the Russian empire-its institutions, personnel, and
policies-from 1850 to 1917. In particular, it focuses on the
institution of expert Jews, mid-level Jewish bureaucrats who served
the Russian state both in the Pale of Settlement and in the central
offices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg. The
main contribution of expert Jews was in the sphere of policymaking
and implementation. Unlike the traditional intercession of
shtadlanim (Jewish lobbyists) in the high courts of power, expert
Jews employed highly routinized bureaucratic procedures, including
daily communications with both provincial and central
bureaucracies. Vassili Schedrin illustrates how, at the local
level, expert Jews advised the state, negotiated power, influenced
decisionmaking, and shaped Russian state policy toward the Jews.
Schedrin sheds light on the complex interactions between the
Russian state, modern Jewish elites, and Jewish communities. Based
on extensive new archival data from the former Soviet archives,
this book opens a window into the secluded world of Russian
bureaucracy where Jews shared policymaking and administrative tasks
with their Russian colleagues. The new sources show these Russian
Jewish bureaucrats to be full and competent participants in
official Russian politics. This book builds upon the work of the
original Russian Jewish historians and recent historiographical
developments, and seeks to expose and analyze the broader
motivations behind official Jewish policy, which were based on the
political vision and policymaking contributions of Russian Jewish
bureaucrats. Scholars and advanced students of Russian and Jewish
history will find Jewish Souls, Bureaucratic Minds to be an
important tool in their research.
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