HTST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mikhail Gorbachev, Era Of Stagnation, Revolutionary Wave
21 Apr 2019
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Gorbachev (1985-1991: explain the features of the velvet revolutions. Revolutions of 1989: formed part of a revolutionary wave, resulted in the end of communist rule in central and eastern europe, began in poland and continued in hungary, east germany, bulgaria, Communist regime violently: protests in tiananmen square failed to stimulate major political changes in. Crisis and reform in the west: outcome of the cold war not predetermined; from the perspective of the. Internationally there are a number of advantageous thingies for communist influence: communist parties are spreading to western europe. In britain, it was a really gray and cold decade. Margaret thatcher (uk), francois mitterrand (france), and ronald reagan (usa) articulating a reformed version of democratic capitalism (aka the. Market revolution: economic liberalism and the jettisoning of the mixed economy, deregulation, privatization removing the heavy hand of government, political liberalism and human rights, desire of public order and stability.
