The Communist Party of the Soviet Union
1928-1944: A Study in Elite Formation and Function
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5250323 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Moore (0000-0002-7560-5253), Bradley Matthys Moore (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1944 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 267 |
| Publication date | 1944-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2086079 |
| OpenAlex | W2320610009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
W IHAT happens to a revolutionary group when it has been in power for over a generation and forced to face the problems of governing a large modern nation? Has the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, traditionally associated with the underdog, developed into some variety of ruling class? Or is it merely a nonhereditary elite? If so, what are the more important characteristics of this elite? How do they exercise their control over the life of the people? How are policy and leadership determined within this group? Are the leaders and their policy democratically controlled by the Party membership, as many apologists for the Soviets have claimed, or is the Party merely the passive tool of a cruel and ruthless dictatorship, as many disillusioned leftists and liberals have asserted? The present paper is an effort to present a partial answer to these and certain other similar questions, which are significant both
Communism · Economic history · Economic system · Economics · Elite · Function (biology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · Soviet union · History · Law · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2025 (26) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |