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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| description | 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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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1604572025-05-27T05:58:35Z Parliaments in the Late Russian Empire, Revolutionary Russia, and the Soviet Union Sablin, Ivan Parliaments Russian Empire Russia Soviet Union Russian Revolution thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes 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. 2025-05-27T05:58:34Z 2025-05-27T05:58:34Z 2025-05-26T07:20:11Z 2024 book ONIX_20250526T085745_9781040004319_79 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/102648 9781040004319 9781040004418 9781003431794 9781032556864 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/160457 eng Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/102648/1/9781040004319.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003431794 10.4324/9781003431794 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 24317701-2bc9-49ad-af05-8ce23f30a287 a88f7f15-e6f4-4051-8cdf-5a18b056d678 9781040004319 9781040004418 9781003431794 9781032556864 European Research Council (ERC) Routledge 474 Oxford [...] European Research Council ERC 10.13039/501100000781 open access |
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