Location: Blegen Hall, 155, Sponsored by Center for German and European Studies: The annals of the collectivization of agriculture by communist regimes are full of descriptions of local officials going beyond the mandate of central authorities. Why did this occur, and how can we think about it? What kinds of people did the Party recruit into its service, and how did they m...<br><br><a href='http://events.tc.umn.edu/event.xml?occurrence=398758&#039; target='_blank'>http://events.tc.umn.edu/event.xml?occurrence=398758&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br>