History A-Level
Democracy
What Democracy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Democracy
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Reference: AQA
A broad idea whose impact must be analysed alongside nationalism and militarism, and whose embedding the Weimar Republic struggled to achieve.
Topics that use Democracy
- 1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991 – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Authoritarianism
- Authoritarianism vs. Democracy
- Centralisation vs. Federalism
- Class structure and social mobility
- Constitutional change
- Cultural experimentation versus state control
- Economic crises and political instability
- Industrialisation and modernisation
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