Symbols and Legitimacy in Soviet Politics - The Life and Death of the USSR

Informationen zum Autor Graeme Gill is Professor of Government and Public Administration at the University of Sydney and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. A long-time scholar of Soviet and Russian politics, his work covers all aspects of the politics of the Soviet and post-Soviet periods, as well as democratisation and the history of the state. His books include The Collapse of a Single-Party System (Cambridge University Press, 1994), The Politics of Transition (with Stephen White and Darrell Slider, Cambridge University Press, 1993) and The Origins of the Stalinist Political System (Cambridge University Press, 1990). Klappentext Analyses changes in Soviet political symbolism to explain a key dynamic behind the ultimate collapse of the Soviet system. Zusammenfassung This book analyses the way in which symbolism and ritual changed through Soviet history. By focusing on the symbolism in party policy! artwork and political posters! and urban redevelopment and political ritual! it lays bare the dynamics of the Soviet regime and a major reason for its fall. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Ideology, metanarrative and myth; 2. Formation of the metanarrative, 1917-29; 3. The Stalinist culture, 1929-53; 4. An everyday vision, 1953-85; 5. The vision implodes, 1985-91; 6. Impact of the metanarrative.

Product details

• Authors: Graeme Gill, Graeme J. Gill, Gill Graeme
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2011
• EAN: 9781107004542
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00454-2
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; Sociology, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, USSR, Soviet Union