History A-Level
State planning and Marxism
What State planning and Marxism means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of State planning and Marxism
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
In the early 1950s, Marxism and a Soviet-inspired cult of heavy industry shaped planned development.
Topics that use State planning and Marxism
- Paper 3, Option 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860–1997 - 2 Ideologies and individuals behind economic growth (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Finance, banking and railway development
- Ideology and economic change
- Reform and modernisation
- State-led industrialisation and self-strengthening
- Collectivisation and central planning
- Market transition and capitalism
- Reform, opening and the Four Modernisations
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