Transitions and Non-transitions from Communism
Author: Steven Saxonberg
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Published: 2013
Total Pages: 350
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Author: Steven Saxonberg
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Steven Saxonberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-02-14
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 1107023882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA unique comparative study examining why some communist regimes remain in power, whilst others have fallen.
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9789189020115
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michal Kope?ek
Publisher: Central European University Press
Published: 2015-11-10
Total Pages: 611
ISBN-13: 9633860857
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the first concentrated effort to explore the most recent chapter of East Central European past from the perspective of intellectual history. Post-socialism can be understood both as a period of scarcity and preponderance of ideas, the dramatic eclipsing of the dissident legacy?as well as the older political traditions?and the rise of technocratic and post-political governance. This book, grounded in empirical research sensitive to local contexts, proposes instead a history of adaptations, entanglements, and unintended consequences. In order to enable and invite comparison, the volume is structured around major domains of political thought, some of them generic (liberalism, conservatism, the Left), others (populism and politics of history) deemed typical for post-socialism. However, as shown by the authors, the generic often turns out to be heavily dependent on its immediate setting, and the typical resonates with processes that are anything but vernacular.
Author: John Pickles
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-08-31
Total Pages: 519
ISBN-13: 113471565X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamining transformations using a variety of perspectives Theorizing Transition provides both a rich empirical map of the dimensions of post-Communism and raises important theoretical issues about how we interpret these changes.
Author: Guoguang Wu
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-11-06
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1317501209
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs China moved from a planned to a market economy many people expected that China’s political system would similarly move from authoritarianism to democracy. It is now clear, however, that political liberalisation does not necessarily follow economic liberalisation. This book explores this apparent contradiction, presenting many new perspectives and new thinking on the subject. It considers the path of transition in China historically, makes comparisons with other countries and examines how political culture and the political outlook in China are developing at present. A key feature of the book is the fact that most of the contributors are China-born, Western-trained scholars, who bring deep knowledge and well informed views to the study.
Author: Martin K. Dimitrov
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-07-31
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 1107035538
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAddresses the durability of communist autocracies in Eastern Europe and Asia, the longest-lasting type of non-democratic regime to emerge after World War I.
Author: András Bozóki
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-10-06
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1474287816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe transition from communist dictatorship to multi-party democracy has proved a long and painful process for the countries of Eastern Europe, and has met with varying degrees of success. In Hungary, the radical opposition was uniquely successful in fighting off attempts by the old-guard communist elite to hijack reform programmes, by forcing free elections and creating a multi-party system. This volume focuses on the Hungarian experience, analysing in detail the process of transition from dictatorship to pluralist democracy. Some of Hungary's leading political scientists examine issues such as the legitimation crisis of communist rule, resulting struggles within the ruling elite and the forces behind transition. Constitutional reform, party formation and voting behaviour at the first free elections are also taken into account. The concluding section places the Hungarian experience in comparative perspective, within the context of other Central and Western European states.
Author: Juan J. Linz
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1996-08-16
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780801851582
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Published: 1998
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on comparative lessons from other transitions from communism, the process of reform in Leninist societies may be divided into two main stages: the onset of reform; the sustaining and deepening of the reform process. The first stage may be marked initially by "tinkering type measures that do not alter significantly the power of the party and the state, but which may be followed by deeper structural reforms that begin to change the political and economic character of the system. Once the initial stage is passed without triggering a popular revolution, then the reforms need to be sustained and deepened. As they become more structural in nature, they may lead toward a complete transition away from command economy and monopoly on political power--the twin pillars of Leninist communist regimes, upheld by actual or threatened repression. However, what is important is the movement and direction of the reform process; the end point may not necessarily be some kind of a replica of a Western democratic system.