Trotsky and the Questions of Agency, Democracy and Dictatorship in the USSR, 1917-1940

Ian Thatcher

Trotsky and the Questions of Agency, Democracy and Dictatorship in the USSR, 1917-1940

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This chapter critiques the perception of Trotsky's concern for democracy compared to Stalin's ruthless determination to establish a personal dictatorship. It questions the traditional picture of a nobler, more intelligent and more decent communist beaten by an unscrupulous backroom manager by taking a close look at how Trotsky conceived of democracy in the Russian Revolution post-1917.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Subtitle of host publication	Illiberal Liberation, 1917-1941.
Editors	Lara Douds, James Harris, Peter Whitewood
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing
Chapter	6
Pages	95-108
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	978-1-350-11789-1
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 31 Jan 2020

Publication series

Name	Library of Modern Russia
Publisher	Bloomsbury Academic

Keywords

Russian Revolution 1917
Soviet communism

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Thatcher, I. (2020). Trotsky and the Questions of Agency, Democracy and Dictatorship in the USSR, 1917-1940. In L. Douds, J. Harris, & P. Whitewood (Eds.), The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution.: Illiberal Liberation, 1917-1941. (pp. 95-108). (Library of Modern Russia). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-fate-of-the-bolshevik-revolution-9781350117907/

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Thatcher, I 2020, Trotsky and the Questions of Agency, Democracy and Dictatorship in the USSR, 1917-1940. in L Douds, J Harris & P Whitewood (eds), The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution.: Illiberal Liberation, 1917-1941.. Library of Modern Russia, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, pp. 95-108. <https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-fate-of-the-bolshevik-revolution-9781350117907/>

Trotsky and the Questions of Agency, Democracy and Dictatorship in the USSR, 1917-1940. / Thatcher, Ian.
The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution.: Illiberal Liberation, 1917-1941.. ed. / Lara Douds; James Harris; Peter Whitewood. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. p. 95-108 (Library of Modern Russia).

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