Policing Stalin's socialism : repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953

The Resource Policing Stalin's socialism : repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953

Label

Policing Stalin's socialism : repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953

Title remainder

repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953

Statement of responsibility

David R. Shearer

Language

eng

Summary

"This is one of the first books to emphasize the importance of social order repression by Stalin's Soviet regime in contrast to the traditional emphasis of historians on political repression. Based on extensive examination of new archival materials David R. Shearer finds that most repression during the Stalinist dictatorship of the 1930s was against marginal social groups such as petty criminals, deviant youth, sectarians, and the unemployed and unproductive." "It was because Soviet leaders regarded social disorder as more of a danger to the state than political opposition that they instituted a new form of class war to defend themselves against this perceived threat. Shearer details the workings of informant networks, police registration systems, and widespread police cleansing campaigns and surveillance systems used to monitor and control the population."--Jacket

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

363.20947/09041

Illustrations

illustrations
plates

Index

index present

LC call number

HV8224

LC item number

.S3756 2009eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

Series statement

The Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War

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