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| The economic system of a society, made up of technology (the means of production) and class relations between people (the relations of production) |
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| The property-owning class. |
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| The legislature-like body of a communist party. |
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| A communist economic system in which the state explicitly allocates resources by planning what should be produced and in what amounts, the final prices of goods, and where they should be sold. |
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| (1) A political-economic system in which all wealth and property are shared so as to eliminate exploitation, oppression, and ultimately, the need for political institutions such as the state; (2) A political ideology that advocates such a system. |
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| Process of historical change that is not evolutionary but revolutionary; the existing base and superstructure (thesis) would come into conflict with new technological innovations, generating growing opposition to the existing order (antithesis)-this would culminate in revolution, overthrowing the old base and superstructure (synthesis). |
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| Literally, openness. The policy of political liberalization implemented in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. |
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| Politically sensitive or influential jobs in the state, society, or economy that were staffed by people chosen or approved by the Communist Party. |
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| A political system in which power flows directly from the ruling political party (usually a communist party) to the state, bypassing government structures. |
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| Literally, restructuring; the policy of political and economic liberalization implemented in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. |
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| The top policy-making and executive body of a communist party. |
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| A process of rapid marketization. |
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| All noneconomic institutions in a society (e.g., religion, culture, national identity); these ideas and values derive from the base and serve to legitimize the current system of exploitation. |
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| Vanguard of the Proletariat |
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| Lenin's argument that an elite communist party would have to carry out revolution, because as a result of false consciousness, historical conditions would not automatically lead to capitalism's demise. |
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