State control and coercion
What State control and coercion means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Social weaknesses were characterised by harsh labour discipline, draconian labour laws, and the pervasive atmosphere of fear generated by the Great Terror, reflecting the human cost of totalitarian control.
Agriculture moved from voluntary Mutual Aid Teams to compulsory collectivisation, and the purge of Peng Dehuai silenced opposition.
Topics that use State control and coercion
- 2N Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953 – Economy and society, 1929–1941 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 – The transition to Socialism, 1952–1962 (AQA A-Level)
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- Collectivisation and agriculture
- Cult of personality
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- Five Year Plans
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- Gender and society
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