History A-Level
Leadership and governance
What Leadership and governance means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Leadership and governance
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Deng outmanoeuvred Hua at the Third Plenum by 1978, and his 'new-style leadership' replaced Maoist mass campaigns with collective decision-making and pragmatic governance.
Topics that use Leadership and governance
- 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 – The PRC under Deng Xiaoping, 1976–1997 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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- Four Modernisations
- Ideological conflict
- International diplomacy and global integration
- Nationalism and sovereignty
- Political pragmatism
- Power and succession
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