History A-Level
Political violence and instability
What Political violence and instability means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Political violence and instability
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Unrest and violence, notably in Natal and townships, threatened talks and showed the state's loss of control.
Topics that use Political violence and instability
- Paper 2, Option 2F.2: South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ - 4 The end of apartheid and the creation of the ‘rainbow nation’, 1984–94 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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