History A-Level
Consumer dissatisfaction and quality of goods
What Consumer dissatisfaction and quality of goods means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Consumer dissatisfaction and quality of goods
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Consumer and other goods were often of poor quality, with shortages and long waiting times for cars and housing, which eroded public satisfaction.
Topics that use Consumer dissatisfaction and quality of goods
- Growing crises and the collapse of communist rule in the GDR (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Protestant opposition and civil society
- Soviet reform and its reception in the GDR
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