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| subfield of political science, characterized by an empirical approach |
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| German kingdom of historic states that included present day Germany, Poland and the Baltic States. |
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| covers territories of present day Austria and Hungary from the 13th to the 18th century |
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| was a secret agreement b/w Stalin and Churchill on how to divide southeastern Europe into sphere of influence (USSR=Bulgaria 90% and Romania 75% UK= Greece, Hungary, and Yugoslavia) |
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| Moscow was the center of communist ideology. Top-down approach to policy. Stalin became a larger than life figure. Initiated Muscovite |
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| The study of a particular ideology or trend by comparing and contrasting it’s manifestation in different nations |
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| An in depth investigation of individual or group, or event |
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| States that began to dissent or show signs of dissent from the traditional Leninist form of Communism were literally invaded by force to quell dissent. (Soviet foreign policy to retroactively justify the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968). |
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| propose by Andrei Zhdanov, The West represented the imperialist and anti-democratic camp and the Soviet Union represented the other camp which was characterized as anti-imperialist and democratic. The two camps could coexist if treated equally by each other |
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| An opposition group that emerged in Czechoslovakia. They began to articulate human rights violations in their Eastern Bloc States. They also began to draw on aspects of the Helsinki Accords to point out violations by communist states. |
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| the very abrupt spread of the fall of communism, or a mass movement that inspires other groups/countries to follow suit. |
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| Council for Mutual Economic Assistance: The Eastern Bloc's reply to the formation of the Organization for European Economic Co-operation in Western Europe. |
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| Czechoslovakian other-throw of communist government via peaceful demonstrations that occurred daily and grew until sufficient pressure was achieved for the government to resign. |
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| The peaceful split between Czech Republic and Slovakia that occurred after the fall of communism. |
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| The leader of the Polish Communist Party recruited by Moscow. He made the case for Stalinism. |
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| The Albanian leader at the end of WWII to 1985. He was characterized by his anti-revisionist-Marxism-Leninism. He was also the inspiration for Maoists |
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| The first president of Czechoslovakia. He was a member of chapter 77 and helped bring democracy following the velvet revolution. He is also an author, activist and playwright. |
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| Period of political liberalization in the Czech Republic during the era of Soviet domination. The Prague Spring granted additional rights to the citizens and partial decentralization of the economy and democratization. |
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| Emerged from the labor movement in Poland, from within the communist party (but non-communist). Began advocating for workers’ rights, and spilled over into issues of human rights. |
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| Mutual defense treaty between communist states in Europe. Eastern Bloc’s counter to NATO. |
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| An attempt to improve relations b/w Communist Bloc and the West. Both sides has to acknowledge the physical borders of the others |
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| an act of paying lip service while holding personal opposition. (The West should not judge the East) |
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| The spread of communism through small incremental steps. Including the creation of small communist parties and assuring members of the party are assigned to key cabinet positions. |
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| Members of the communist party that were brought to Moscow from across Europe to be educated in various methods of advancing the communist cause. |
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| Wrote the Ketman. He was an outspoken Anti-Stalinist author and poet. |
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| Ideology which promoted an alternative to both the laissez-faire capitalist economy and communist command economy. It aims to protect the modern welfare state through reforms that maintain its economic integrity. |
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| Any opposition advocating annexation of territory given by another state on the grounds of ethnicity. (i.e.: this land is full of Germans and used to be part of Germany so we want it back) |
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| - One of the organizers of the illegal democratic opposition in Poland during communism. |
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| Non-violent series of events that led to the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania following Gorbachev’s implementation of glasnost and perestroika |
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| an agreement for peace b/w Bosnia between the Serbs, Bosnians and Croats. It originated in Dayton, Ohio. |
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