политика кнута и пряника

• ПОЛИТИКА КНУТА И ПРЯНИКА{{}}

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⇒ tactics combining (the threat of) punishment and (the promise of) reward:

- carrot-and-stick policy.

     ♦ Правительства всегда и везде проводят политику кнута и пряника. Кнут вы получили. Теперь ждите пряник (Зиновьев 1). "Governments always and everywhere have used carrot and stick policies. You've had your share of the stick. Now you're waiting for a bit of carrot to come your way" (1a).

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← This phrase became commonly used in Russian after the publication of The Golden Calf("Золотой телёнок"), by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov, 1931 (ch. 12).