History A-Level
Party Bureaucracy
What Party Bureaucracy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Party Bureaucracy
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The nomenklatura, alienated by changes to party organisation such as term limits for officials and the 1962 division into industrial and agricultural wings, which hastened his downfall.
Topics that use Party Bureaucracy
- 2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000 (A-level only) – De-Stalinisation, 1953–1964 (AQA A-Level)
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- Collective leadership
- Cultural Thaw
- De-Stalinisation
- Decentralisation
- Economic centralisation
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- Leadership Style
- Political Reform
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