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Corporatism and pluralism came to play a significant role in
society’s relations with the state |
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But corporatism and pluralism did not modify the system to such an
extent as to change its totalitarian character |
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Corporatism and pluralism (of cultural and academic kind) were
implicitly permitted by the authorities |
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They helped to resolve/alleviate economic and social problems |
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But they functioned not as an antithesis to totalitarianism but as
its integral parts, or subsystems |
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The party-administrative apparatus preserved its absolute monopoly
of formulating the regime’s political priorities and strategies of
socio-political development |
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The dismantling of the totalitarian political system began only in
the 1980s as a result of Gorbachev’s reforms |
