History A-Level
Constitutional collapse
What Constitutional collapse means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Constitutional collapse
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The fatal collapse of Weimar democracy, as coalition governments fractured and presidential government bypassed the Reichstag through Article 48.
Topics that use Constitutional collapse
- 1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991 – only) The Nazi experiment, 1929–1949 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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