Another control mechanism perfected by Ceausescu was "rotation", a policy applied after 1971 to strengthen his personal power at the expense of political institutions . ... He made reforms that were selfish because he wanted to strengthen his position. ... He believed that machine building, and petrochemical industries, where the most important industries that Romania had to focus . ... He made a lot of reforms in economics, which affected the population and the country roughly. ... The government was afraid that the intelligentsia would ask for more rights in the country and therefore the gov...

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Between 1964 and 1985 many economic reforms were attempted in the Soviet Union. ... By instituting his policy of glasnost Gorbachev would free up many years of pent up political and personal emotions. ... The first significant reform took place in 1988. ... "He held a Russian flag in one hand and dared troops to arrest or shoot him- The tide had changed; "the political landscape had changed beyond recognition- (McCauley 352). ... The machine had come to a full stop. ...

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Stalin greatly reformed Russia, and advanced Russia at the expense of the common citizens. ... Stalin's early years were those of a typical revolutionary or political activist. ... Thousands of people were slaughtered because they did not follow Stalin's plan for reforming Russia. ... First, he killed or exiled all of his political opponents. ... All political elite in Russia except for Stalin himself was killed. ...

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Stalin greatly reformed Russia, and advanced Russia at the expense of the common citizens. ... Stalin's early years were those of a typical revolutionary or political activist. ... Thousands of people were slaughtered because they did not follow Stalin's plan for reforming Russia. ... First, he killed or exiled all of his political opponents. ... All political elite in Russia except for Stalin himself was killed. ...

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While previous political transitions had seen similar circumstances, the actual events in question had generally occurred individually. ... The peoples involved were not looking to affect a narrow set of policy reforms; indeed, what was at stake was a hyper-radical shift from the long-held communist ideology to a western blueprint for governmental and economic policy development. ... In regards to the political aspects of unification, it effectively left a Germany with no national or ethnic minorities, as well as having undisputed boundaries. ... It was impossible to draw the co...

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