Cooption and Repression in the Soviet Union

IMF Working Papers, December 1, 2000

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• Authors: Hershel I. Grossman, Dmitry Gershenson
• Published: December 1, 2000
• Series: IMF Working Papers
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451874341.001

Summary

• The Soviet ruling elite, the nomenklatura, used both cooption and political repression to encourage loyalty to the communist regime.
• Loyalty was critical both in defusing internal opposition to the rule of the nomenklatura and in either deterring or defeating foreign enemies of the Soviet Union.
• The working paper constructs an account of the historical evolution of policies of cooption and political repression in the Soviet Union.

Authors and Publication

• By Hershel I. Grossman, Dmitry Gershenson
• Publication date: December 1, 2000
• Series: Working Paper No. 2000/201
• Issue: 201
• Volume: 2000
• Pages: 22

Core assumption and methodology

• Assumption: The nomenklatura determined the extent of cooption and the intensity of political repression by equating their perceived marginal benefits and marginal costs.
• Use of this assumption to build an analytical account of historical policy evolution regarding cooption and political repression.

Thematic focus and keywords

• Subject areas: Administration in revenue administration, Income distribution, National accounts, Population and demographics, Revenue administration
• Keywords: Administration in revenue administration, arms race, choice problem, Communist Party, Cooption, Income distribution, members of the nomenklatura, nomenklatura, nomenklatura's agent, party membership, Repression, Soviet Union, WP

Publication identifiers

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451874341.001
• Stock No: WPIEA2012000
• ISBN: 9781451874341
• ISSN: 1018-5941

IMF Working Papers — Coauthored by Hershel I. Grossman and Dmitry Gershenson; December 1, 2000.

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