🌍ap world history: modern review

Party dictatorship

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The concentration of political power in the Communist Party and its leadership, with the Party claiming monopoly control over all aspects of state and society.

AP course connection

Topic 8.4: 8.4 Spread of Communism After 1900

Unit 8

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