History A-Level
Constitutional forms and one-party reality
What Constitutional forms and one-party reality means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The gap between the GDR's pluralist-looking constitution and the concentration of real power in the SED, which turned constitutional forms into instruments of one-party rule.
Topics that use Constitutional forms and one-party reality
- Establishing and consolidating communist rule in the GDR, c1949–61 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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