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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

TOC

  • 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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