Between Past And Future Elites Democracy And The State In Post Communist Countries
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Between Past And Future Elites Democracy And The State In Post Communist Countries
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Author : Anton Steen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-18
Between Past And Future Elites Democracy And The State In Post Communist Countries written by Anton Steen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-18 with Education categories.
Published in 1997, this text presents a specific interest in analyzing the role of the elites as a key factor for democratic rule and policy changes. In order to put the elites in perspective the author has also conducted opinion surveys asking some of the same questions among representative samples of the populations in the three countries. Comparing these three rather similar states gives possibilities for singling out conditions for specific national developments in elite structure and policies.
Between Past And Future
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Author : Anton Steen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Between Past And Future written by Anton Steen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with categories.
Between Past And Future Elites Democracy And The State In Post Communist Countries
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Author : Anton Steen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-18
Between Past And Future Elites Democracy And The State In Post Communist Countries written by Anton Steen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-18 with Education categories.
Published in 1997, this text presents a specific interest in analyzing the role of the elites as a key factor for democratic rule and policy changes. In order to put the elites in perspective the author has also conducted opinion surveys asking some of the same questions among representative samples of the populations in the three countries. Comparing these three rather similar states gives possibilities for singling out conditions for specific national developments in elite structure and policies.
Pathways
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Author : Karin Hilmer Pedersen
language : en
Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Release Date : 2009-08-30
Pathways written by Karin Hilmer Pedersen and has been published by Aarhus Universitetsforlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-30 with History categories.
Political and economic developments after the implosion of the Soviet Union have not been easy, nor have outcomes been similar. The different trajectories of political development in post-communist countries are traced through cases from within the post-communist region that exhibit maximum variation in terms of both background variables and outcome. Six countries - Kazakhstan, Georgia, Estonia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Poland - have been selected. Following the Tocquevillian tradition, a 'method' of indirect comparison where in-depth knowledge of a country based on linguistics and history is held up against existing concepts, six country specialists have drawn broad pictures of what characterises 'their' country in terms of political and economic reform, state building and nation building, at the same time placing developments within the international context. The book argues that the elite constellation along two dimensions - consensus about the direction of policy and institutions, and the extent of inclusion of elite interests in decision making - is specific to each country and points to the direction of future developments.
The Legacy Of State Socialism And The Future Of Transformation
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Author : David Lane
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2002
The Legacy Of State Socialism And The Future Of Transformation written by David Lane and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Taking stock of the first decade of the transformation in the former Soviet bloc, this timely book explores the legacies of state socialism and attempts by once-communist countries to move toward a democratic, market-oriented system. Leading international scholars consider the ways traditions interact with other factors--both domestic and foreign--to influence the course of social, political, and economic change. With its blend of theory and case studies and its clear narrative, this book will be a valuable text for students of transition, Russian politics, and the transformation of Eastern Europe. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Democracy And Its Alternatives
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Author : Richard Rose
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Democracy And Its Alternatives written by Richard Rose and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Political Science categories.
The collapse of Communism has created the opportunity for democracy to spread from Prague to the Baltic and Black Seas. But the alternatives--dictatorship or totalitarian rule--are more in keeping with the traditions of Central Europe. And for many post-Communist societies, democracy has come to be associated with inflation, unemployment, crime, and corruption. Is it still true, then, as Winston Churchill suggested a half-century ago, that people will accept democracy with all its faults--because it is better than anything else? To find out, political scientists Richard Rose, William Mishler, and Christian Haerpfer examine evidence from post-Communist societies in eastern Europe. Drawing on data from public opinion and exit polls, election results, and interviews, the authors present testable hypotheses regarding regime change, consolidation, and prospects for stabilization. The authors point out that the abrupt transition to democracy in post-Communist countries is normal; gradual evolution in the Anglo-American way is the exception to the rule. While most recent books on democratization focus on Latin America and, to some extent, Asia, the present volume offers a unique look at the process currently under way in nine eastern European countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Belarus, and Ukraine. Despite the many problems these post-Communist societies are experiencing in making the transition to a more open and democratic polity, the authors conclude that a little democracy is better than no democracy at all.
Beyond Post Communist Studies
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Author : Terry D. Clark
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07-08
Beyond Post Communist Studies written by Terry D. Clark and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-08 with History categories.
This book makes the case that several East Central European countries have emerged as fully consolidated democracies. As such, they may be integrated into the mainstream of political science research, and not consigned forever to a transitional category encompassing countries that are now fully democracies as well as some that are not democratic at all. The author outlines the steps of another transition - from post-communist studies to political science research. He demonstrates how institutionalist, or rational choice, theories can be applied to the analysis of political processes in the successfully democratized countries, and proposes a new research agenda for political scientists studying the region. The results of this work can enrich political science as well as our understanding of both democracy and the polities of contemporary Eastern Europe.
The Democratic State Or State Democracy
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Author : Leslie Holmes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Democratic State Or State Democracy written by Leslie Holmes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Democracy categories.
Political Parties And The State In Post Communist Europe
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Author : Petr Kopecky
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-10-11
Political Parties And The State In Post Communist Europe written by Petr Kopecky and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-11 with Philosophy categories.
Previously published as a special issue of The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, this volume analyzes the party-state linkages in post-communist Europe alongside three analytical dimensions.
Elites In Transition
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Author : Heinrich Best
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-11
Elites In Transition written by Heinrich Best and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-11 with Social Science categories.
"Who rules in Eastern Europe?" became a fundamental question for western researchers and other observers after communist regimes were established in the region, and it gained further importance as state socialism expanded into Central Europe after the Second World War. A political order which, according to Leninist theory of the state and to subsequent Stalinist political practice, was primarily a highly centralised and repressive power organisation, directed, as if it were natural, researchers attention towards the highest echelon of office holders in party and state. Extreme centralisation of power in these regimes was consequently linked to an elitist approach to analysing them from a distant viewpoint. It is one of the many paradoxes of state socialism, that a social and political order which presumptuously claimed to be the final destination of historical development and to be based on deterministic laws of social evolution, which claimed an egalitarian nature and denied the significance of the individual, was per ceived through the idiosyncrasies, rivalries and personal traits of its rulers. The largest part of these societies remained in grey obscurity, onlyoccasion ally revealing bits of valid information about a social life distant from the centres of power. It is debatable whether this top-headedness of western re search into communist societies created a completely distorted picture of re ality, however, it certainly contributed to an overestimation of the stability of these regimes, an underestimation of their factual diversity and a misjudge ment of the extent of conflicts and cleavages dividing them.
