War, state collapse, redistribution: Russian and German revolutions revisited
Political Power and Social Theory
ISBN: 978-0-76231-418-8, eISBN: 978-1-84950-545-1
Publication date: 7 September 2008
Abstract
This chapter examines why the political collapse of Russia and Germany in the end of the First World War resulted in massive expropriation of private property in Russia and consolidation of private property in Germany. This historical divergence is explained by the different measure of coercive capacities of the provisional governments and, consequently, their different ability to withstand the assault of the radical Left during the periods of turbulent political transitions. The measure of coercive capacities was determined primarily by support of the army, which, in turn, was contingent upon the provisional governments’ decisions to negotiate peace and exit the war.
Citation
Osinsky, P. (2008), "War, state collapse, redistribution: Russian and German revolutions revisited", Davis, D.E. and Proenza-Coles, C. (Ed.) Political Power and Social Theory (Political Power and Social Theory, Vol. 19), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0198-8719(08)19001-9
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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