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The Chekist Police State, Ideology, and Human Capital in the USSR: A Case Study

Heekin, Sixten LU (2017) EKHK18 20171
Department of Economic History
Abstract (Swedish)
Police states are among the most invasive tools at the disposal of an autocratic regime- and the Chekist police state of the USSR is no exception. By arresting, imprisoning, or outright killing any person found to be undesirable or lacking adequate ideological fervor, Stalin’s police force left an indelible mark on the 1930s. They can be viewed as a form of political institution, and as such have a variety of consequences that must be examined to understand the industrial revolution of the USSR; though this study will focus on just one. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the Stalinist police state and human capital; and to explain how that relationship affected the success of the Soviet industrial revolution.
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author
Heekin, Sixten LU
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organization
course
EKHK18 20171
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
USSR, Stalin, human capital, police state, industrialization, ideology
language
English
id
8921887
date added to LUP
2017-08-07 10:54:19
date last changed
2017-08-07 10:54:19
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  abstract     = {{Police states are among the most invasive tools at the disposal of an autocratic regime- and the Chekist police state of the USSR is no exception. By arresting, imprisoning, or outright killing any person found to be undesirable or lacking adequate ideological fervor, Stalin’s police force left an indelible mark on the 1930s. They can be viewed as a form of political institution, and as such have a variety of consequences that must be examined to understand the industrial revolution of the USSR; though this study will focus on just one. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the Stalinist police state and human capital; and to explain how that relationship affected the success of the Soviet industrial revolution.}},
  author       = {{Heekin, Sixten}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Chekist Police State, Ideology, and Human Capital in the USSR: A Case Study}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}