The Soviet System Of Government
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At the height of the Cold War, few subjects demanded more rigorous scrutiny than the machinery of Soviet power — and John N. Hazard's The Soviet System of Government stands as one of the most authoritative and penetrating analyses ever written on the subject. Published as part of the Chicago Library of Comparative Politics, the work systematically chronicles the structural foundations of the USSR's political order, detailing how legislative, executive, and judicial functions were organised and exercised under a single-party state. Hazard, a Columbia University law professor who trained in Moscow during the 1930s, draws on firsthand knowledge to illuminate the inner workings of a system that confounded and challenged the Western democratic world. Far beyond a dry institutional survey, the book presents the Soviet model as a living ideological project — one that argued for the superiority of collective governance over liberal individualism. Hazard's precise, scholarly prose dissects the role of the Communist Party apparatus, the nature of Soviet federalism, and the mechanisms of citizen control with clinical clarity. Part of a landmark comparative politics series edited by Roy C. Macridis, this volume challenges the reader to confront a fundamental question: can a system built on the negation of individual rights claim legitimacy — and for how long?
Author: John N. Hazard
Format: Hardback
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good tanning. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact.
At the height of the Cold War, few subjects demanded more rigorous scrutiny than the machinery of Soviet power — and John N. Hazard's The Soviet System of Government stands as one of the most authoritative and penetrating analyses ever written on the subject. Published as part of the Chicago Library of Comparative Politics, the work systematically chronicles the structural foundations of the USSR's political order, detailing how legislative, executive, and judicial functions were organised and exercised under a single-party state. Hazard, a Columbia University law professor who trained in Moscow during the 1930s, draws on firsthand knowledge to illuminate the inner workings of a system that confounded and challenged the Western democratic world. Far beyond a dry institutional survey, the book presents the Soviet model as a living ideological project — one that argued for the superiority of collective governance over liberal individualism. Hazard's precise, scholarly prose dissects the role of the Communist Party apparatus, the nature of Soviet federalism, and the mechanisms of citizen control with clinical clarity. Part of a landmark comparative politics series edited by Roy C. Macridis, this volume challenges the reader to confront a fundamental question: can a system built on the negation of individual rights claim legitimacy — and for how long?