Trotsky And The Problem Of Soviet Bureaucracy

Thomas Twiss Ph.D. (2009), Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, is a Liaison Librarian at that university. He has published articles on Leon Trotsky and translations of a number of Trotsky's letters

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• PrefaceIntroduction1 Bureaucracy before October1.1 Evolving meanings of bureaucracy1.2 Bureaucracy in Russia1.3 Marx and Engels on bureaucracy1.4 After Marx and Engels1.5 Conclusion2 Revolution and the Problems of Bureaucracy2.1 The dream deferred2.2 The oppositions and political alienation 862.3 Lenin on political alienation and inefficiency2.4 Trotsky and bureaucratic inefficiency2.5 Conclusion3 From Inefficiency to Political Alienation3.1 Conflicts within the party leadership3.2 Inefficiency and political alienation3.3 The New Course controversy3.4 Trotsky and the New Course3.5 Political defeat and theoretical retreat3.6 Conclusion4 A Coherent Theory of Bureaucracy4.1 The formation of the United Opposition4.2 The struggle of the United Opposition4.3 Trotsky and the Opposition on bureaucratism4.4 On the eve of Thermidor4.5 Conclusion5 Left Turn and Theoretical Crisis5.1 The beginning of the turn5.2 Explaining the turn5.3 The Stalinist offensive5.4 Explaining the offensive5.5 Defeating the right and continuing the turn5.6 Explaining the new turn5.7 Revising the theory5.8 Conclusion6 The Turn and the Theoretical Crisis Deepen6.1 Economic upheaval6.2 Trotsky’s response to the turn6.3 The left course in the Comintern6.4 Trotsky and the Comintern’s new strategy6.5 Developments in the party regime6.6 Trotsky and the regime6.7 Modifying the theory6.8 Conclusion7 Theoretical Revolution7.1 Breaking with the past7.2 Revising the theory7.3 New policy shifts7.4 The Kirov assassination7.5 Reinterpreting Bonapartism and Thermidor7.6 Deeper shifts, repression, and a constitution7.7 Conclusion8 The Final Theory8.1 The Revolution Betrayed8.2 Applying the theory8.3 Conclusion9 Reconsidering Trotsky’s Theory9.1 The development of Trotsky’s views9.2 Evaluating the theoryBibliographyInd