History A-Level
Enforced collectivisation
What Enforced collectivisation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Enforced collectivisation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
From 1955–56 Mao pushed accelerated campaigns after criticising 'rightist' caution, so by 1957 most peasants were in higher collectives with little genuine choice.
Topics that use Enforced collectivisation
- Agriculture and industry, 1949–65 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Attacks on landlordism
- Central planning and heavy-industry prioritisation
- Collectivisation and communal living
- Famine and state extraction
- Industrial growth and structural imbalance
- Lower-stage cooperatives
- Mutual-aid teams
- Policy reversal and inner-party conflict
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