History GCSE
Ideological shifts and reform
What Ideological shifts and reform means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Ideological shifts and reform
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Gorbachev introduced 'Glasnost' (openness) and 'Perestroika' (restructuring), encouraging reform in the Soviet Union.
Topics that use Ideological shifts and reform
- Option P4: Key topic 3: The end of the Cold War, 1970–91 - 3 The collapse of Soviet control of Eastern Europe, 1985-91 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Changing international relations
- Collapse of communism
- Loss of empire
- Popular uprisings and revolution
- The collapse of the Iron Curtain
- Unintended consequences of policy
- Warsaw Pact
- Popular protest and people power
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