5 PREFACE
  CHAPTER I
  SOCIETY OF WORKING PEOPLE
9 1. ECONOMIC FOUNDATION OF SOVIET DEMOCRACY
22 2. CLASS STRUCTURE OF THE U.S.S.R.
  CHAPTER II
  THE NATIONAL STATE SYSTEM AS A FORM OF RESOLVING THE NATIONAL QUESTION IN THE U.S.S.R.
39 1. FORMATION OF THE SOVIET FEDERATION—THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
48 2. THE U.S.S.R.—A FEDERAL STATE
53 3. A UNION REPUBLIC
59 4. SOVIET AUTONOMY
63 5. THE NATIONAL FACTOR IN THE PERIOD OF COMMUNIST CONSTRUCTION
  CHAPTER III
  DEMOCRATIC NATURE OF THE SOVIET STATE SYSTEM
68 1. STATE OF A NEW TYPE
73 2. SOVIETS AS ORGANS OF DEMOCRATIC RULE
81 3. THE SOVIET ELECTORAL SYSTEM
91 4. DEPUTIES AND ELECTORS
  5. THE SYSTEM OF SOVIETS OF WORKING PEOPLE’S DEPUTIES
97 [introduction.]
98 Higher Organs of State Power in the U.S.S.R.
111 Supreme Soviets of the Union and Autonomous Republics
116 Local Organs of State Power
121 6. DEVELOPMENT OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY
125 7. DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES OF THE ORGANISATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPARATUS
145 8. THE COURT, THE PROCURATOR’S OFFICE AND PUBLIC CONTROL
157 9. EVERY CITIZEN AS AN ADMINISTRATOR
  CHAPTER IV
  THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOVIET SOCIETY
161 [introduction.]
165 The Gains of the Socialist Revolution Constitute the Basis for the Liberation of the Individual
167 Basic Rights of Soviet Citizens
168 1. Socio-Economic Rights of Soviet Citizens
182 2. POLITICAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
187 3. PERSONAL FREEDOMS
193 4. EQUALITY OF RIGHTS OF CITIZENS
198 5. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF SOVIET CITIZENS
201 6. THE MAIN DUTIES OF SOVIET CITIZENS
  CHAPTER V
  MASS ORGANISATIONS
213 [introduction.]
217 Trade Unions
229 Co-operative Associations
235 Young Communist League
244 Other Mass Organisations
249 Guiding and Directing Force of Soviet Society
253 CONCLUSION
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