Rise+of+Mao+and+Communist+China

1. Origins & Rise [RISE]

 * Conditions that produced authoritarian and single-party states
 * Emergence of leaders: aims, ideology, support
 * Totalitarianism: the aim and the extent to which it was achieved

2. Establishment & Consolidation of Communist Rule [RULE]

 * Methods: legal v. illegal
 * Form of government: left v. right wing ideology
 * Nature, extent and treatment of opposition

3. Domestic Policies & Impact [RULE]

 * Structure and organization of gov't and administration
 * Political, economic, social and religious policies
 * Role of education, arts, the media, propaganda
 * Status of women, treatment of religious groups and minorities