PSC 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: North American Free Trade Agreement, Theocracy, Illiberal Democracy
Document Summary
1970-1989 communist regime under stalin, centralized power, backed by kgb, authoritarian, totalitarian, rapid state led development, socialized economy. Collapsed because of economic pressure and declining legitimacy. End of cold war, gorbachev implements liberalizing reforms. 1990s post communist, triple transition (geographic, economic, political) Econ- shock therapy , privatization, macro stability (decline in standard of living, Pol- oligarch, mafia (failed to create workable democracy), semi presidential extreme unemployment, inequality) bicameral parliament federalism under yeltsin. Recovers economy with oil and natural gas (nationalized the risk, privatized the. Targeted oligarchs but replaced with own cronies (kleptocracy, patronalism ) 1958-1961 great leap forward, pushing against the technocrats. Sent people to communes, tried to revive revolutionary ideals. 1966-1976 great proletarian cultural revolution , pushing against technocrats. Red guard, reigniting class struggle, totalitarian control. Global foreign investment, privatization, reduced control over society. 1989- tiananmen square , students protesting for democracy, government responds. 1989-2002- communist crackdown, tried to avoid ussr fate, jiang zemin violently.
