Trotsky and the Problem of Soviet Bureaucracy

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Trotsky and the Problem of Soviet Bureaucracy is written by Thomas M. Twiss and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004269533 (ISBN 10) and 9789004269538 (ISBN 13).

During the twentieth century the problem of post-revolutionary bureaucracy emerged as the most pressing theoretical and political concern confronting Marxism. No one contributed more to the discussion of this question than Leon Trotsky. In Trotsky and the Problem of Soviet Bureaucracy, Thomas M. Twiss traces the development of Trotsky’s thinking on this issue from the first years after the Bolshevik Revolution through the Moscow Trials of the 1930s. Throughout, he examines how Trotsky’s perception of events influenced his theoretical understanding of the problem, and how Trotsky’s theory reciprocally shaped his analysis of political developments. Additionally, Twiss notes both strengths and weaknesses of Trotsky’s theoretical perspective at each stage in its development.