History A-Level
Social change and tension under dictatorship
What Social change and tension under dictatorship means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Social developments included changing gender roles, rising expectations and generational tension, which the regime struggled to contain.
Topics that use Social change and tension under dictatorship
- Dictatorship remodelled and the transition to democracy, 1956–78 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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