Centre-Local Relations in the Stalinist State, 1928-1941

E.A. Rees is the author of "State Control in Soviet Russia, Stalinism in Soviet Rail Transport" and editor of "Decision-Making in the Stalinist Command Economy".

This book analyzes the development of the Stalinist state of the 1930s from the perspective of the changing nature of centre-local relations.This book analyzes the development of the Stalinist state of the 1930s from the perspective of the changing nature of centre-local relations. It examines the trend toward greater central state control over the formation and implementation of economic policy and the shift towards increased state repression through a series of archive-based case studies of the centre's interactions with its republican and regional bodies. The book provides the basis for a new conceptualization of the Stalinist state.