Reconstructing the State: Personal Networks

Why do some state-building efforts succeed when others fail? Using formerly unavailable archival sources, this book presents an explanation for the rise and subsequent collapse of the Soviet state. The study explains how personal networks and elite identity served as informal sources of power that influenced state strength. Reconstructing the State also offers alternative interpretations of how the weak Bolshevik state extended its reach to a vast rural and multi-ethnic periphery as well as the dynamics of the center-regional conflict in the 1930s that culminated in the Great Terror.

Preface
Introduction: explaining state-building outcomes and the Soviet Russian case
Structure and Identity in the Post-Revolutionary State Elite
Anatomy of a regional elite: the rise of the provincial Komitetchiki
Constructing an elite identity: images of self, service and state
Informal Sources of Power in the Post-Revolutionary State
Extending the reach of the state: personal networks and territorial administration
The constraints of power: personal networks and central rulership
Intrastate Conflict and the Constraints of Power Redefined
Center and regions in conflict I: collectivization and the crisis of regional leadership
Center and regions in conflict II: the fall of the provincial Komitetchiki
Conclusion: state building and the Soviet Russian case reconsidered
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Reconstructing the State: Personal Networks and Elite Identity in Soviet Russia

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