History A-Level
Economic Policy
What Economic Policy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Economic Policy
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Reference: AQA
Highly pragmatic measures implemented between 1962 and 1966, prioritising recovery over communist ideology to rescue China from the famine caused by the Great Leap Forward.
Topics that use Economic Policy
- 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 – Reform and Control, 1962–1966 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Agriculture
- Communist bloc fragmentation
- Gender and equality
- Geopolitics and borders
- Ideological conflict
- Ideological radicalisation
- Industrialisation
- National security
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