GVPT 280 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 9: Telephone Tapping, Corporatism, Totalitarianism
28 Nov 2018
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Illiberal rule: an illiberal regime is one that falls near the center of the democratic-autocratic scale; illiberal regimes are democratic in that they have elected leadership, but democratic procedures are of questionable legitimacy. Putting communism in practice: two of marx"s most notable followers were vladimir lenin of russia and mao zedong of china, both of whom led communist revolutions in their own countries in 1917 and 1949, respectively. Committee serving as a legislature to develop national policy and confirm the decisions of party leaders. In the first decades of party rule following revolutions, the party used violence and terror to maintain control. Inequality and poverty are reduced, but not eliminated. The collapse of communism: many factors played important roles in the sudden decline of communism: In 1979, the soviet union launched a failed invasion of afghanistan in support of that country"s failing communist regime.
