POL SCI 140L Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Soviet Central Asia, Baltic Region, Warlord Era
9 Feb 2018
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The scale of violence on all levels perpetrated by regimes in the 20th century can be mesmerising and perplexing. Penetrated society for state capacity to mobilize population. Affected socio-economic revolution from above: state building. Most third world countries are under the grip of powerful old elites! Capable of competing with imperialist metropol in the global power game. Massive upward mobility for workers and peasants. Drawing them into education and allowing them to play in this urban project . Though much was filling slots of people that had been killed. Liberation of women to participate in education and workforce. Though not liberated in patriarchal households or given exec positions. In soviet central asia, women were sometimes liberated from patriarchy by force. Expanded literacy for the masses and education. This created new social bases for their people (which could potentially come haunt them, ex. Intelligentsia was created in the working class. People were aware and articulate, capable of criticism.
