Substate Dictatorship: Networks, Loyalty, and Institutional Change in the Soviet Union

by Oleg V. Khlevniuk, Yoram Gorlizki, Oleg V. Khlevniuk, et al.

An essential exploration of how authoritarian regimes operate at the local level

"Gorlizki and Khlevniuk have produced an impressive study. . . . A must for scholars of Stalinism and Soviet politics more generally."--Gerald Easter, Russian Review

How do local leaders govern in a large dictatorship? What resources do they draw on? Building on recent innovations in the theory of dictatorship, Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300230818
• ISBN13: 9780300230819
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.4"