Parliaments in the late Russian Empire, revolutionary Russia, and the Soviet Union
This book examines the meanings that were attached to the terms “parliament” and “parliamentarism” in the different historical and discursive contexts of the late Russian Empire, revolutionary and Soviet Russia, and the Soviet Union. It discusses those institutions referred to as parliaments by cont...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Book/Monograph Hochschulschrift |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2024
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| Schriftenreihe: | Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe
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Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe (43)
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| DOI: | 10.4324/9781003431794 |
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| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, kostenfrei: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003431794 Resolving-System, Volltext, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003431794 Verlag, Cover: https://content.schweitzer-online.de/static/catalog_manager/live/media_files/representation/A68894432/56910726_m600w_1.jpg 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Ivan Sablin |
| Zusammenfassung: | This book examines the meanings that were attached to the terms “parliament” and “parliamentarism” in the different historical and discursive contexts of the late Russian Empire, revolutionary and Soviet Russia, and the Soviet Union. It discusses those institutions referred to as parliaments by contemporaries, gives special attention to their functions, and traces the broader debates on parliamentarism within Russia and the Soviet Union, in Russian émigré circles, and among foreign observers. It highlights that only the late imperial and perestroika assemblies can be considered legislative institutions that expressed dissensus but argues that other assemblies, often referred to as “rubber-stamp” parliaments due to their lack of legislative competence and influence over other authorities, should not be dismissed. The Supreme Soviet, for instance, provided an integrative function binding society and elites in a top-down manner, while its deputies engaged in information acquisition and state micromanagement through interactions with their constituents. It also played an important role in interparliamentary relations and, as one of the first institutions of nominal parliamentarism in an autocratic single-party regime, of which there were many in the twentieth century, served as a model for numerous state socialist regimes. By addressing the role of parliaments in reassembling imperial spaces through political representation and the functions of nominal legislative institutions, the book explores the contribution of Russian and Soviet assemblies to global political modernity. |
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| Beschreibung: | "This study was a component of the university examination (Habilitation) leading to the award of teaching authorization (venia legendi) in Eastern European History by the Philosophical Faculty of Heidelberg University on July 26, 2023." (Acknowledgments) Enthält Literaturangaben und ein Register |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9781003431794 1003431798 9781040004319 1040004318 9781040004418 1040004415 |
| DOI: | 10.4324/9781003431794 |
| Zugangseinschränkungen: | Open Access |