Lenin's Electoral Strategy from Marx and Engels through the Revolution of 1905

TRAMA

This book explores the time in which Lenin initiated his use of the electorate, beginning with the Marxist roots of his politics, from his leadership of Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in the First and Second State Dumas to Russia's first experiment in representative democracy from 1906 to 1907.

SOMMARIO

1. What Marx and Engels Bequeathed 2. Revolutionary Continuity: Lenin's Politics Prior to 1905 3. 'The Dress Rehearsal' and the First Duma 4. From Revolution to 'Coup d'État': The Second Duma

AUTORE

August H. Nimtz is Professor of Political Science and African American and African Studies and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Minnesota, USA. He is the author of Marx and Engels: Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough (2000), Marx, Tocqueville, and Race in America: The 'Absolute Democracy' or 'Defiled Republic' (2003), and a number of related articles in edited volumes and journals.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781137393777
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: XVI, 225 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 225
• Pagine Romane: xvi