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- catalog abstract ""This book analyses decision-making processes within the Stalinist state from 1928 to 1941 from the perspective of centre-local relations. It examines the impact that the introduction of economic planning and the collectivisation of agriculture had on relations between the central authorities in Moscow and republican and regional authorities throughout the USSR. It examines the way these relations evolved over time, examines the formation of local elites, and through a series of case studies examines the interaction of central and local authorities in drafting and implementing the Second Five-Year Plan." "The book examines the role and influence of regional leaders within the Stalinist state and the significance of centre-local tensions in the unleashing of the Great Terror. It explores the dynamic interrelationship of central and local authorities and provides the basis for a reconceptualisation of the Stalinist state that challenges both the 'totalitarian' and the 'revisionist' approaches."--Jacket.".