History A-Level
State provision and social control
What State provision and social control means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of State provision and social control
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Policies such as subsidies that bought political quiescence, securing compliance while storing up economic strain.
Topics that use State provision and social control
- Life in East Germany, 1949–85 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Consent, conformity and dissent
- Housing as a measure of modernity and shortage
- Media and propaganda
- Negotiation and compromise
- Ostpolitik
- Propaganda, censorship and information control
- Religion and ideology
- State control and repression
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