Zemstvo in Russia - An Experiment in Local Self-Government

Klappentext The essays in this 1982 volume result from a conference held at Stanford University in 1978, assembled to assess the significance of the Russian zemstvo. Zusammenfassung The essays in this 1982 volume result from a conference held at Stanford University in 1978, assembled to assess the overall character and significance of the prerevolutionary Russian experiment with the principle and practice of local self-government, the zemstvo, over half of its existence, 1864–1918. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Editorial preface; Note on terms, abbreviations, transliteration and dating; 1. Introduction Wayne S. Vucinich; 2. Local initiative in Russia before the zemstvo S. Frederick Starr; 3. Zemstvo organization and role within the administrative structure Kermit E. McKenzie; 4. The zemstvo and the peasantry Dorothy Atkinson; 5. The zemstvo and politics, 1864-1914 Roberta Thompson Manning; 6. The zemstvo and the education of the people Jeffery Brooks; 7. The zemstvo and public health Samuel C. Ramer; 8. The politics of zemstvo medicine Nancy M. Frieden; 9. Liberal professionals and professional liberals: the zemstvo statisticians and their work Robert E. Johnson; 10. The All-Russian Union of Zemstvos and World War I William Gleason; 11. The zemstvo in 1917 and its fate under Bolshevik rule William G. Rosenberg; 12. The zemstvo in historical perspective Terence Emmons; Index.

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• Authors: Terence Emmons, Terence Vucinich Emmons
• Assisted by: Terence Emmons (Editor), Emmons Terence (Editor), Wayne S. Vucinich (Editor), Vucinich Wayne S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2011
• EAN: 9780521201575
• ISBN: 978-0-521-20157-5
• No. of pages: 466
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1700 To C 1800, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Imperial