History A-Level
Democratic consolidation and legitimacy
What Democratic consolidation and legitimacy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The SPD's shift made it a credible governing alternative, contributing to the consolidation of the party system and democratic legitimacy.
Topics that use Democratic consolidation and legitimacy
- Paper 3, Option 37.2: Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited - 4 Establishing and ruling the new Federal Republic, 1949–60 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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