The main attraction to this sphere of interest was the dramatic shift in popular Western opinion of Chairman Mao Zedong over the last few decades. ... This essay summarises several of these interpretations as well as providing possible motivations that lead to their conclusions and the rationale behind shifting popular opinion. ... While most historians were analysed according to their general and individual perspectives at the time of writing, others were simply defined by their general perspective. ... These groups were not dealt with in detail as the essay represents (as best fits th...

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This is perhaps due to the fact that Poland had a "moderately conciliatory communist regime ready to tolerate some opposition activity and permitting a modicum of economic and political liberalization-(Kitshelt et al, 1999,387), the reason for this is that most Poles were devout Catholics; given the explicit humanism and atheism of communists, it becomes even more obvious why they never achieved popular legitimacy in Poland (Holmes, 1997,69). ...

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At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. ... Therefore it can clearly be seen that from the establishment of the state that communism never had popular public support. ...

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At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. ... Therefore it can clearly be seen that from the establishment of the state that communism never had popular public support. ...

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At its most basic, the ideal of communism is a system in which everyone is seen as equal and wealth is distributed equally among the people. ... Therefore it can clearly be seen that from the establishment of the state that communism never had popular public support. ...

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In 1928, the newly empowered Stalin embarked on one of the most ambitious industrialisation programs in world history, leading to the establishment of the U.S.S.R as a pinnacle world superpower in less than half a century. ... The principle of socialism was that of a party of the proletariat or the working classes and in 1928 Russia did not have a very large proletariat because most people worked in agriculture. ... Stalin's drive for the five-year plans was popular throughout the lower sections of the party, and communism being the government of the workers; it was hard for the more impo...

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Romania - a Special Case - Corruption, Deficiencies of the Party System, Authoritarianism - Not quite two years before local elections, one and a half years before parliamen-tary elections and two years before presidential elections, Romania seems to be standing at a crossroads. Thus, the ruling post-communists, the Romanian Social Democrats (PSD) of prime-minister and PSD party leader Adrian Nastase have to decide on how to continue the required political, social and economic transforma-tion process. Can they afford social unrest due to required reforms of the eco-nomic and social sys...

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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to perform a critical analysis on Karl Marx and some of his most notable works. ... Throughout his vast bibliography, the most major works of Marx include: Capital, Volumes I, II and III, and the most influential, The Communist Manifesto. ... This is known as Marx's labor theory of value, and it is the basis for which most, but not all, commodities are priced. ... The least popular of the three volumes, Volume II delves much more into the dark underside of capitalism and how classes are further divided. ... Essentially, it is the obliteration of capit...

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Marx's theory of history is an account of the different stages of government through history. His analysis describes capitalism as the first stage followed by socialism and finally communism. Marx believed that socialism is where workers recognized their interests and became "class conscious". This ...

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"Stalin had become a popular figure in Europe and in the United States. ... Time magazine said that it was the most war-like pronouncement uttered by any top-rank statesman since V-J Day and therefore this can be seen as a cause of the Cold War. After the war, Russia gained control of most of the Eastern European countries, usually through threats, violence, biased propaganda and poll rigs. ... Most importantly, the "Truman Doctrine" also committed the U.S to play a big part in world affairs: The U.S, not the UN, would be the world's police force. ...

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Karl Marx Karl Marx was the greatest thinker and philosopher of his time. His views on life and the social structure of his time revolutionized the way in which people think. He created an opportunity for the lower class to rise above the aristocrats and to fail due to the creation of the middle class. Despite this failure, he was still a great political leader and set the basis of Communism in Russia. His life contributed to the way people think today, and because of him people are more open to suggestion and are quicker to create ideas on political issues. ...

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They were not all communist, although communists actively involved themselves in most of the "wars of liberation", forming blocs within other movements where they did not have the strength to stand alone. ... Moreover, the myriad sectarian interests present in the South, the Catholic areas and the domains of the Cao Dai, Hoa Hao and the Binh Xuyen, were satisfied to negotiate with the French for regional autonomy and prevented the formation of a broadly based popular front. ...

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Introduction The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than a political event. The powerful interaction and fusion between politics and economics that characterized the state socialist system created a situation that was unique for the successor states of the Soviet Union. The penetration of the Communist regime into every facet of life left the Russian people with little democratic traditions. Russia faces the seemingly impracticable task of economic liberalization and democratization. This is combined with a necessity to answer nationalist and ethnic questions ...

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