Origins and development of Single Party Authoritarian States

Excellent resource for introducing Topic 3 of IB HIstory Syllabus. Created by a Colleague of Mine in Beijing.

1. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
State Political PartyLeader Period
USSR Communist Stalin1903-1928-1953
Germany
NSDAP
Nazi
1921-1933-1945Hitler
Argentina
Partido
Justicialista
1943-1946-1974Peron
China Communist 1921-1949-1976Mao
Egypt 1952-1956-1970
Arab
Socialist Union
Nasser
Cuba Communist Castro 1953-1959-2008

2. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza,
KPSS
CPSU
Communist Party of the Soviet Union

3. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Reichstag, May 1945
Berlin
German parliament

4. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A street scene in Gysante, Xizang (Tibet)
Any guesses as to where this is?

5. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
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wan
swastika
For over 3000 years the swastika
was used by many cultures
throughout the world to represent
Another street scene in Gysante.
life, sun, power, strength, and good luck.

6. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
where?
In the 20th century, and in another form,
hatred, violence, racism,
anti-semitism, genocide, war and hegemony!
the swastika came to symbolise

7. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
National Socialist German Worker’s Party

8. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Partido Justicialista
Social Justice Party

9. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Communist Party of China
中国共产党

10. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
National Union Party
Liberation Rally

11. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Communist Party of Cuba
Partido Comunista de Cuba

12. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
State Political PartyLeader Period
USSR Communist Stalin1903-1928-1953
Germany
NSDAP
Nazi
1921-1933-1945Hitler
Argentina
Partido
Justicialista
1943-1946-1974Peron
China Communist 1921-1949-1976Mao
Egypt 1952-1956-1970
Arab
Socialist Union
Nasser
Cuba Communist Castro 1953-1959-2008

13. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
authoritarianism
showing a lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others
favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority,
esp. that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom
autocratic
dictatorial
despotic
autocratic
tyrannical
liberal
democratic

14. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
political party
An organsation whose members share the same ideas and whose
aims are usually to achieve political power within government.
China
USA
Germany
Britain
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Conservative Party
Christian Democratic Union
Hu Jintao
Barack Obama
Angela Merkel
David Cameron

15. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A state in which there are only two politcal parties.
two party state
China
USA
Germany
Britain
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Labour Party
Christian Democratic Union

16. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A state in which there are only two politcal parties
two party state
China
USA
Germany
Britain
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Labour Party
Christian Democratic Union

17. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
Democratic Party Republican Party

18. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A state in which there are many political parties
mutil- party state
China
USA
Germany
Britain
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Conservative Party
Christian Democratic Union

19. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
“left-wing”
The French National Assembly 1789
The liberal, socialist, or radical section of a political party or system.
In the National Assembly in France (1789–91),
the nobles sat to the president's right
and the commons to the left.
socialist
communist

20. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
“right-wing”
The French National Assembly 1789
The conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system.
In the National Assembly in France (1789–91),
the nobles sat to the president's right
and the commons to the left.
tradionalists
conventionalists

21. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A political theory
derived from Karl Marx,
advocating class war
and leading to a society
in which all property is publicly owned
and each person works and is paid
according to their abilities and needs
1818 - 1883
The Communist Manifesto
published in 1848
Karl Marx
Communism
German philosopher

22. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A political and economic system in which many
factors of production
(land, labour, capital and enterprise)
and essential services
(public utilities,transport, education, health etc)
are owned and operated by the state
socialism

23. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A willingness to adopt or reject
political and economic ideas from both the left and the right
and to promote individual freedoms.
liberalism

24. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
A reluctance to change traditional values or ways
and
cautiousness about change or innovation
conservatism

25. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
fascism
Fascism is a right-wing authoritarian political system
which includes
• a belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group
• a contempt for democracy
• an insistence on obedience to a powerful leader or demagogue
• significant government control of industry and business
• military might

26. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
a political leader
who seeks support by
appealing to popular desires and prejudices
rather than by using rational argument
demagogue?

27. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
One nation
One people
One leader

28. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
political systems
communism conservatismfascismliberalismsocialism
extreme
left-wing
extreme
right-wing
communism conservatism fascismliberalismsocialism
authoritarian
totalitarian
authoritarian
totalitariandemocratic
radical traditional
dictatorships dictatorships
individual
more
important
than the state
state
more
important
than the state
left-wing right-wing

29. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
economic systems
command
economies
mainly
free
enterprise
state
capitalism
mixed
economies
many
state owned
enterprises
capitalismsocialismcommunism fascism
political systems
extreme
left-wing
extreme
right-wing
communism conservatism fascismliberalismsocialism
authoritarian
totalitarian
authoritarian
totalitariandemocratic
radical traditional
dictatorships dictatorships
individual state
left-wing right-wing

30. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AUTHORITARIAN AND SINGLE PARTY STATES
China
UK
Sweden
N Korea USA