POL SCI 140L Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Georgy Malenkov, Nikita Khrushchev, On The Cult Of Personality And Its Consequences
12 Mar 2018
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It"s a gamble: might not be able to keep it within bounds! Liu xiaoqi & co were bigger on individual material incentives. Leninism was more for collectivism (individualism was a kind of bad word) Sacred : holy and apart (in a different realm) Khrushchev analog to mao: each suggested contradiction between leaders and led. Mao says we need to mobilize non-party masses and intelligentsia to fight contradictions and make officials accountable. Growing chasm (and incipient contradiction) between leaders and lead. Need to adopt a new leadership orientation, otherwise you"ll be purged (ie. lose job, not killed) After promulgation of a democratic constitution and declaration that foundations of socialism were finally built. Not a fan of the great terror and cadres as targets. Mao, unlike stalin, isn"t bothered by disorder in the masses. Stalinist economy was very centralized: command economy (opposite of free-market) Restrictive you can do anything unless told otherwise. Prescriptive tells you what you have to do.
