Stalins Constitution - Soviet Participatory Politics Discussion of 1936 Draft Constitution

List of contents

Introduction 1. Citizenship and a Social Contract: The Drafting of the 1936 Constitution 2. Daily Life in Kirov in the 1930s 3. Local Realities: The Implementation of the Discussion of the Draft Constitution 4. Validators of Socialist Victory: The Discussion in the Local Press 5. Popular Voices: Interpreting Citizens' Rights and Duties 6. Integration, Exclusion and Accountability 7. The Constitution, the 1937 Elections and Repression Conclusion

About the author

Samantha Lomb is a Dotsent (Assistant Professor) in the Foreign Language Department at Vyatka State University, Kirov, Russia.

Summary

Upon its adoption in December 1936, Soviet leaders hailed the new so-called Stalin Constitution as the most democratic in the world. Scholars have long scoffed at this claim, noting that the mass repression of 1937-1938 that followed rendered it a hollow document.

Product details

• Authors: Samantha Lomb, Lomb Samantha
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367348854
• ISBN: 978-0-367-34885-4
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; European History, HISTORY / General, c 1930 to c 1939, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Constitution: government & the state, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, History of constitution and comparative constitutional law, HISTORY / Russia / General