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Topic 3: The rise and rule of single-party states
Analyse the methods used and the conditions which helped in the rise to power of one ruler of a single party state.
Analyse the methods used by one single-party state ruler in his successful bid for power.
Compare and contrast the rise to power of two rulers of single party states.
"In order to achieve and retain power a leader of a single-party state needed to be ruthless, blind to human suffering and yet charismatic." To what extent do you agree with this assertion?
Assess the main difficulties faced by two would-be rulers of single-party states in their bid for power.
"In order to achieve and retain power a leader of a single-party state needed to be ruthless, blind to human suffering and yet charismatic." To what extent do you agree with this assertion?
 
Evaluate the successes and failures one ruler of a single-party state.
Evaluate the importance of ideology in the policies of two of the following rulers of single-party states: Castro; Hitler; Lenin; Nyerere.
Assess the methods used by EITHER Peron OR Lenin to maintain his position as ruler of a single-party state.
Account for the rise to power of one of the following: Castro; Mussolini; Nasser.
Analyse the foreign policy of two rulers of single-party states, each chosen from a different region.
Account for the rise to power of one of the following: Castro; Mussolini; Nasser.  
 
Assess the methods used by EITHER Lenin OR Peron to maintain his regime.
Compare and contrast the foreign policies of two rulers of single-party states, each chosen from a different region.
For what reasons, and with what results, were there so many single-party states in the 20 th Century?
Compare and contrast the economic and social policies of Mao and Stalin.
Explain the successes and failures of either Mao in China or Perón in Argentina.
Compare and contrast the economic and social policies of Mao and Stalin.
 
Compare and contrast the influence in their own countries of Hitler and Mao.
In what ways, and to what extent, did either Nasser or Perón improve social and economic conditions?
Examine critically the successes and failures of EITHER Castro OR Mussolini, as a leader of a single-party state.
In what ways, and for what reasons, did the aims and policies of two or more right wing rulers of single-party states differ?
To what extent was the USSR an orthodox Communist state under either Lenin or Stalin?
In what ways, and for what reasons, did the aims and policies of two or more right wing rulers of single-party states differ?
 
Examine the status of women in two single-party states, each chosen from a different region.
Examine the global impact of one ruler of a single-party state.
How and why was propaganda used in two single party states, each chosen from a different region?
Examine the role of education and/or the arts in two single party states, each chosen from a different region.
Evaluate the impact of the policies of two rulers of single-party states on the role and status of women.
Examine the role of education and/or the arts in two single party states, each chosen from a different region.

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