## Cooption and Repression in the Soviet Union

_IMF Working Papers, December 1, 2000_

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

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### 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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