Policing Stalin's socialism repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953 / David R. Shearer.

Author/creator Shearer, David R., 1952-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press ; Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution, Stanford University,
Descriptionxiv, 507 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953--Influence.
Police--Soviet Union. --History.
Political persecution--Soviet Union. --History.
Social control--Soviet Union. --History.
Political purges--Soviet Union. --History.
Socialism--Soviet Union. --History.
Soviet Union--Social conditions.
Soviet Union--Politics and government. --1917-1936.
Soviet Union--Politics and government. --1936-1953.

SeriesThe Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War
Yale-Hoover series on Stalin, Stalinism, and the Cold War. ^A784522
Contents Introduction: Policing, social order, and repression under Stalin -- A new kind of class war -- Police and social disorder -- A Soviet gendarmerie -- Informants, surveillance, and prophylactic policing -- Cataloging the population -- The campaigns against marginals -- Policing juveniles, policing debates -- Passports, identity, and mass policing -- "Once and for all time" : background to the Great Purges -- The mechanics of mass purging -- Outside the margins : the case of Kiril Korenev -- The war and postwar trends -- Conclusions: Repression, citizenship, and Stalin's socialism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009005138
ISBN9780300149258 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0300149255 (pbk. : alk. paper)