History A-Level
State administration
What State administration means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of State administration
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The government, formally the Central People's Government, administered the country, but key posts were held by party members.
Topics that use State administration
- Establishing communist rule (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Civil war devastation
- Consolidation of Communist control through external conflict
- Democratic centralism
- Economic weakness
- five antis
- Human and economic costs of war
- Infrastructure collapse
- Laogai system
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