Elite murder and popular resistance: Evidence from post-World War II Poland
Krzysztof Krakowski and
Max Schaub
No wp-2022-148, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Does repression of opposition elites prevent resistance against foreign-imposed regimes? On the one hand, elimination of elites can undermine the opposition's capacity for anti-regime resistance. Yet killing opposition elites deprives the new regime of useful human capital. Co-optation of elites becomes a tempting alternative. We examine this trade-off by studying the effects of elimination vis-à-vis survival of Polish elites during World War II. Our focus is on the Polish nobility, intellectuals, and (reserve) army officers.
Keywords: Elites; Repression; War; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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