History A-Level
Alliances with traditional elites
What Alliances with traditional elites means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Alliances with traditional elites
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Mussolini's dictatorship depended on alliances and compromises with existing power centres, as conservative elites in the Senate, judiciary and bureaucracy preserved much authority.
Topics that use Alliances with traditional elites
- The fascist state, 1925–40 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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