TY  - BOOK
AU  - Twiss,Thomas M.
TI  - Trotsky and the problem of Soviet bureaucracy
T2  - Historical materialism book series,
SN  - 9789004269538
AV  - DK254.T6 T87 2014
U1  - 947.084092 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - Brill
KW  - Trotsky, Leon,
KW  - Bureaucracy
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - History
KW  - Socialism
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Revolution, 1917-1921
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1917-1936
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Bureaucracy before October -- 2 Revolution and the Problems of Bureaucracy -- 3 From Inefficiency to Political Alienation -- 4 A Coherent Theory of Bureaucracy -- 5 Left Turn and Theoretical Crisis -- 6 The Turn and the Theoretical Crisis Deepen -- 7 Theoretical Revolution -- 8 The Final Theory -- 9 Reconsidering Trotsky’s Theory -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - During the twentieth century the problem of post-revolutionary bureaucracy emerged as the most pressing theoretical and political concern confronting Marxism. No one contributed more to the discussion of this question than Leon Trotsky. In Trotsky and the Problem of Soviet Bureaucracy , Thomas M. Twiss traces the development of Trotsky’s thinking on this issue from the first years after the Bolshevik Revolution through the Moscow Trials of the 1930s. Throughout, he examines how Trotsky’s perception of events influenced his theoretical understanding of the problem, and how Trotsky’s theory reciprocally shaped his analysis of political developments. Additionally, Twiss notes both strengths and weaknesses of Trotsky’s theoretical perspective at each stage in its development
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004269538
ER  -