This topic focuses on exploring the conditions that facilitated the rise of authoritarian states in the 20th century, as well as the methods used by parties and leaders to take and maintain power. The topic explores the emergence, consolidation and maintenance of power, including the impact of the leaders’ policies, both domestic and foreign, upon the maintenance of power.
This unit explores the methods and policies used by authoritarian states and leaders to consolidate and maintain their power during their rule.
This unit assesses the aims and impacts of the domestic policies of authoritarian states and the extent to which authoritarian control was achieved.