History GCSE
Unintended consequences of policy
What Unintended consequences of policy means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Unintended consequences of policy
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Gorbachev wanted to reform and strengthen communism, not dismantle it; the total collapse was an unintended consequence.
Topics that use Unintended consequences of policy
- 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
- Warsaw Pact
- Ideological shifts and reform
- Popular protest and people power
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