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Post-Communism: An Introduction
by Leslie Holmes
Duke University Press, 1997
Paper: 978-0-8223-1995-5
Library of Congress Classification HX44.5.H65 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 320.947
Paper: 978-0-8223-1995-5
Library of Congress Classification HX44.5.H65 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 320.947
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface
- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Terminology and Map
- Part I
- Theories and Approaches
- 1
- On Communism and Post-Communism
- Communism
- Post-Communism
- A Fourteen-Point Model
- Notes
- Further Reading
- 2
- Theories of the Collapse of Communist Power
- The Gorbachev Factor
- Economic Failure
- The Role of Opposition Forces
- Competition with the West
- The Marxist Corrective
- Imperial Overstretch
- Comparative Theories of Revolution
- Comparative Theories of Modernization and Modernity
- Legitimation Crisis Theory
- Summary and Conclusions
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Part II
- Transition to Post-Communism: The Revolutions of 1989–1991
- 3
- Eastern Europe
- East Central Europe
- Hungary
- Poland
- Czechoslovakia
- The Balkan States
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Yugoslavia
- Notes
- Further Reading
- 4
- The USSR
- History and Politics
- Social Forces
- Events of 1990–1991
- Note
- Further Reading
- 5
- The Survivors
- China
- Cuba
- Further Reading
- 6
- A Comparative Overview
- A Model of the Transition to Post-Communism
- On Revolution
- Conclusions
- Further Reading
- Part III
- Early Post-Communism
- 7
- Institutional Politics
- The Communist Era
- The Post-Communist Era
- Political Parties
- Elections
- Legislatures and Executives
- Presidents, Prime Ministers and Parliaments
- Other State Organs
- Constitutions and Constitutionalism
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Further Reading
- 8
- The Economies
- The Economy under Communism
- The Economy under Post-Communism
- Marketization
- Privatization
- Priorities
- Performance
- The Environment
- Conclusions
- Further Reading
- 9
- Social Policies and Problems
- Welfare Policies under Communism
- Welfare Policies under Post-Communism
- The Gender Issue
- The Communist Era
- The Post-Communist Era
- Summary and Conclusions
- Notes
- Further Reading
- 10
- Civil or Uncivil Societies?
- On Civil Society
- Social Movements during the Late Communist Era
- Social Movements during the Post-Communist Era
- On Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
- The Communist Era
- The Post-Communist Era
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Further Reading
- 11
- Changing Allegiances
- The Communist Era
- The Post-Communist Era
- Political and Ideological Relations
- Military/Strategic Relations
- Economic and Trade Relations
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Part IV
- Conclusions
- 12
- Some Concluding Remarks
- On Early Post-Communism
- A Pink Revolution?
- On ‘Normal’ Politics
- Legitimation, Legitimation Crises and Post-Communism
- The Future
- Bibliography
- Index
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