Policing Stalin's socialism : repression and social order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953 /
Shearer, David R.,1952-
New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press ; Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution, Stanford University,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: policing, social order, and repression under Stalin -- A new kind of class war -- Police and social disorder -- A Soviet gendarmerie -- Informants, surveillance, and prophylactic policing -- Cataloging the population -- The campaigns against marginals -- Policing juveniles, policing debates -- Passports, identity, and mass policing -- "Once and for all time" : background to the Great Purges -- The mechanics of mass purging -- Outside the margins : the case of Kiril Korenev -- The war and postwar trends -- Conclusions: Repression, citizenship, and Stalin's socialism.
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Police
Political persecution
Social control
Political purges
Socialism