History A-Level
Economic constraints
What Economic constraints means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Economic constraints
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Recession, inflation and skills shortages placed pressures on the National Party, while defence spending on the SADF and border war consumed resources.
Topics that use Economic constraints
- Redefining resistance and challenges to National Party power, 1968–83 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Black Consciousness
- Exile and internal resistance
- International solidarity and diplomacy
- Isolation of the apartheid regime
- Leadership and organisation
- Political legitimacy
- Resistance and repression
- South African Students’ Organisation (SASO)
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