Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-227) and index.
1. Introduction: theoretical perspectives -- 2. Sources and components. State formation and state tradition. Revolutionary imagination and revolutionary strategy. Social revolution and imperial modernization -- 3. The model and its variants. The totalitarian project. Expansion, reproduction and reform. The Western periphery. The Eastern arena -- 4. Crisis and collapse. Visions of breakdown. From expansion to extinction.
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This outstanding book analyses the Soviet model as a distinctive pattern of modernity - examining its historical background and institutional structure, and challenging many of the assumptions and judgements made about the Soviet road.