Political stagnation
What Political stagnation means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Economic modernity contrasted sharply with a political condition characterised by constitutional deadlock between the Reichstag and the autocratic Chancellor and Kaiser.
A condition in which the Soviet Union experienced political and economic stagnation, fostered by widespread corruption, nepotism and bureaucratic inertia.
Topics that use Political stagnation
- 1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991 – The Kaiserreich, 1871–1914 (AQA A-Level)
- 2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000 (A-level only) – Years of Stagnation, 1964–1985 (AQA A-Level)
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- Economic inequality
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