Social control and conformity
What Social control and conformity means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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State organisations monopolised public life, offering social mobility but demanding absolute conformity, balancing state-provided security against restricted personal freedom.
The demand for absolute conformity and the suppression of individual freedoms, which was a severe disadvantage of communist rule.
Topics that use Social control and conformity
- 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 – Reform and Control, 1962–1966 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- 2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000 (A-level only) – Soviet Satellites, 1953–1968 (AQA A-Level)
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