Socialism in one country

Why did Socialism in One Country win out over 'permanent revolution' ?

-Many of the previous supporters of Lenin accepted Stalin's 'Soviet patriotic' view over Trotsky's overly ambitious, vague and unrealistic programme. -Permanent revolution allowed neither respite nor security for the Soviet Union. -Stalin could justify his stance with arguments made b Lenin in favour of the NEP.

What did Trotsky propose in its place ?

A 'permanent revolution', which appealed for a continuation of the revolutionary struggle abroad and an immediate move towards industrialisation.

What did Trotsky denounce Socialism in One Country as?

As un-marxist. He criticised it on the basis that it seemed to deny the need for world revolution and involve further concessions to the bourgeois elements and the peasants.

Explain how it came about and what it was.

In 1924, Preobrazhinski, on the left, called for 'primitive socialist accumulation': obtaining grain from the peasantry, at a low price in order to export pay for industrialisation and feed workers. At the sae time, Stalin had been to suggest that a period of economic stabilisation was necessary through the continuation of the NEP.

Why was the phrase socialism in one country controversial ?

It suggested that socialism might be but up in the Soviet Union ( in one country ) without the need for revolution abroad.

Why did Stalin propose a period of strength ?

Recent foreign trade deals, and the failure of the revolution in Germany.