History A-Level
Ideological shifts
What Ideological shifts means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Ideological shifts
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The party's move away from unilateral nuclear disarmament and its commitment to mass nationalisation, formally ended by abolishing Clause IV.
Topics that use Ideological shifts
- 2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 – Towards a new Consensus, 1987–1997 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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- Black Wednesday
- Electoral strategy
- Party leadership
- Political modernisation
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