Improved material benefits

Question 1

what ensured a central role in a contented society?

Answer 1

Greater availability of consumer goods played central role in ensuring contented society

Question 2

What did Khrushchev do in regards to economic resources and what did Brezhnev do after him?

Answer 2

Khrushchev had moved economic resources away from heavy industry towards consumer goods, and Brezhnev continued this trend

Question 3

what happened in regards to the 9th 5 yr plans 1971 to 75?

Answer 3

For the first time, the ninth five-year plan of 1971 to 75 set higher growth rate for consumer goods than heavy industry

Question 4

what happened to targets for production of consumer goods?

Answer 4

Targets for production of consumer goods go to an automatic, but progress was sufficient for population to recognise real improvements

Question 5

what was the gov response on ability to deliver an improvement in quality of life?

Answer 5

Ability to deliver an improvement in quality of life was seen by government as legitimising the rule of communist party

Question 6

what did sustained economic growth rely on?

Answer 6

Sustained economic growth, often relying on skilled rather than unskilled labour, also insured that there were greater opportunities for upward mobility within the Soviet system