Simon Pirani

The Russian Revolution in Retreat, 1920-24 (eBook, ePUB)

Soviet Workers and the New Communist Elite

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the relationship between the Russian Communist Party and working class in the years after the revolution and civil war. It shows that the working class was politically expropriated by the Bolshevik party, as democratic bodies such as soviets and factory committees were deprived of decision-making power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134075492
• Artikelnr.: 38255338

Autorenporträt

Simon Pirani studied Russian at the University of London and wrote a doctoral dissertation at the University of Essex. He writes about the economy and politics of the former Soviet Union as a journalist. He is currently a senior research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and is working on book projects on the post-Soviet period.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Workers and the Soviet State 1. Struggling to Survive:
Workers in July-December 1920 2. Sweet Visions and Bitter Clashes: The
Party in July-December 1920 3. The Revolution that Wasn't: Workers and the
Party in January-March 1921 4. The NEP and Non-Partyism: Workers in 1921 5.
Renegades, Oppositionists, Suicides and Administrators: The Party in 1921
6. Mass Mobilization versus Mass Participation: Workers in 1922 7. The
Party Élite, the Industrial Managers and the Cells: The Party in 1922 8.
The Social Contract in Practice: Workers in 1923 9. The Élite takes Charge:
The Party in 1923-24. Conclusions: The Impact on Socialism. Appendix 1:
Biographical Notes. Appendix 2: Districts and Workplaces. Appendix 3: Wages
and Currency Rates. Appendix 4: Party Membership. Appendix 5: Party
Members' Occupations

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Introduction: Workers and the Soviet State 1. Struggling to Survive: Workers in July-December 1920 2. Sweet Visions and Bitter Clashes: The Party in July-December 1920 3. The Revolution that wasn't: Workers and the Party in January-March 1921 4. The NEP and Non-Partyism: Workers in 1921 5. Renegades, Oppositionists, Suicides and Administrators: The Party in 1921 6. Mass Mobilization versus Mass Participation: Workers in 1922 7. The Party Élite, the Industrial Managers and the Cells: The Party in 1922 8. The Social Contract in Practice: Workers in 1923 9. The Élite takes Charge: The Party in 1923-24. Conclusions: The Impact on Socialism. Appendix 1. Biographical Notes. Appendix 2. Districts and Workplaces. Appendix 3. Wages and Currency Rates. Appendix 4. Party Membership. Appendix 5. Party Members' Occupations

Rezensionen

"This powerful book takes a close look at the relationship between the Bolshevik party and the democratic aspirations of rank-and-file workers in Moscow in the crucial early years of the Russian revolution. Simon Pirani's prodigious utilization of local party and secret police archives allows him to show how the Bolshevik party leadership systematically destroyed democratic voices on the shop floor: the party offered a "social contract" that promised improving standards of living in exchange for the loss of a political voice. Paying close attention to the material reality of the post-revolutionary period and to moments of intense shop floor dissent, this book goes beyond Robert Daniels's classic The Conscience of the Revolution in emphasizing the importance of independent and non-party socialist worker activists. He instructs careful readers about the complex, fragile thing called democracy, exploring its origin and demise in economically and politically fraught conditions of revolutionary change."

Diane P. Koenker

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"Why did the Russian revolution, a mass uprising for justice and democracy, end in a single Party dictatorship? This gripping tale of workers in revolution and retreat is essential reading for anyone interested in an answer. Pirani follows Russian workers as they seize power, fight for a democratic revolution, and lose to a Bolshevik Party bureaucracy intent on consolidating control. Using exciting new sources, Pirani takes us into the factories of Moscow to understand relations among activists, workers, bureaucrats, and a multiplicity of revolutionary parties."

Wendy Goldman

Carnegie Mellon University