Institution Building in Bolshevik Russia
"The Case of "State Kontrol
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4210669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas F Remington (0000-0002-1109-3121, corresponding author), Thomas Remington |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-103 |
| Publication date | 1982-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Slavic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2496637 |
| OpenAlex | W2334425805 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
One of the dilemmas of revolutionary regimes is the difficulty they experience in creating new structures of rule out of resources inherited from the ancien regime. In Russia, the Bolsheviks came to power dedicated to building a socialist society and creating new institutions whose forms were predicated on an unfolding theory of how the transition to socialism would occur. Such a method of shaping institutions was deductive and synoptic, standing in sharp contrast to the evolutionary adaptation of old institutions to new functions. One may wonder how free revolutionary regimes in fact are to construct institutions a novo. The early Bolshevik attempt to establish "control" structures, that is, institutions and procedures for the external auditing and monitoring of economic and other public organizations, is a case in point. Of interest are the extent to which the Bolsheviks were successful in creating effective control bodies and the reasons behind their success or failure
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| Highly cited | No |
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