·
Thesis: Soviet States weak
·
Unknown
Gulag – Lynne Viola à
Reliance on Repression; state not omnipotent/omnipresent
·
Seeing
Like a State (chapter 3 & 6) – James C. Scott à Strong, but misguided by
idealism; state capable of marshaling forces
·
Stalinist
Family Values – David L. Hoffman à
Heavy idealism of strong state pronatalist policy; State failure in organizing
and a complete policy failure
Hoffmann, David L. 2003. Stalinist Values: The
Cultural Norms of Soviet Modernity, 1917-1941.Ithaca: Cornell University
Press.
·
The Road
to Terror – J. Arch Getty à
Fearful weak state; Lashing out blindly and losing control over wave of Terror
I.
Introduction
II.
Stalinist State Power
A.
Historiography of Strong USSR
B.
Revisionist Historians
III.
Unknown
Gulag - Lynne Viola à
Studying repression of “kulaks”
A.
State weakness in adequate preparation – Dreams
not reality
B.
Disorganized, unplanned relocation
C.
Back and forth policy of releases and arrest
IV.
Stalinist
Family Values - David L. Hoffman à Studying Stalinist
pronatalist policy
A.
State weakness in lack of resources – Family as
center unit fails
B.
Removal of contraception
C.
Heavy burden on Soviet female
D.
Failed pronatalism à Not expected increased birth
rate
V.
Road to
Terror - J. Arch Getty à
Studying the Great Terror
A.
State weakness in fear of opposition
B.
Soviet fears of regime safety
C.
Ritualized apology – disagreement unforgiveable,
even suicide
D.
Loss of control, blind Terror
VI.
Seeing
Like a State - James C. Scott à
Studying from political science stance
A.
Development of high modernism à state aspiration of
control, science power
B.
Stalinist Authoritarian High Modernism
C.
Limits of authoritarian high modernism
VII.
Weak State stronger argument
A.
Running government – reliance of network of
governance
B.
No one rules alone
C.
USSR vast, underdeveloped, new, impoverished
country
D.
Weak precarious position
Conclusion
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