Communist Party Membership in the U.S.S.R. / / Thomas Henry Rigby.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Rigby, Thomas Henry,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5523
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (600 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; PART ONE: CPSU Membership History --; 1. From Revolutionary Underground to State Party --; 2. Victory-and a Purge --; 3. The Lenin Enrollment --; 4. Proletarianization Slackens --; 5. Proletarianization Renewed-and Ended --; 6. Enter the New Elite --; 7. World War II: Party and Army --; 8. Postwar Consolidation --; 9. The Khrushchev Enrollment --; 10. A Party of the Whole People --; PART TWO: Some Special Aspects --; 11. Turnover, Age and Sex --; 12. Nationality --; 13. Party Membership and Education --; 14. A Representative Elite? --; 15. Driving Belts --; 16. Geographical Distribution --; Conclusion: Determinants of CPSU Composition --; Bibliography --; Index --; STUDIES OF THE RUSSIAN INSTITUTE
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691198545; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691198545?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Thomas Henry Rigby.

In this comprehensive and latest statistical profile of the membership of the Communist Party during the first half-century of the Soviet regime, Professor Rigby analyzes the history of party recruitment and composition. Since the party makes vital contributions to the performance of several basic tasks within the Soviet political system, the author interprets his data mainly in functional terms. He identifies and evaluates the influence of these functional considerations on recruitment policies and on the changing patterns of membership, and determines the priorities assigned to different functions under changing circumstances. T.H. Rigby is Professor of Political Science, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University. Studies of the Russian Institute, Columbia University.Originally published in 1968.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.