Understanding Post Communist Transformation
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Understanding Post Communist Transformation
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Author : Richard Rose
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-01-21
Understanding Post Communist Transformation written by Richard Rose and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-21 with Political Science categories.
The fall of the Berlin Wall launched the transformation of government, economy and society across half of Europe and the former Soviet Union. This text deals with the process of change in former Communist bloc countries, ten of which have become new European Union (EU) democracies while Russia and her neighbours remain burdened by their Soviet legacy. Drawing on more than a hundred public opinion surveys from the New Europe Barometer, the text compares how ordinary people have coped with the stresses and opportunities of transforming Communist societies into post-Communist societies and the resulting differences between peoples in the new EU member states and Russia. Subjects covered by Understanding Post-Communist Transformation include: Stresses and opportunities of economic transformation Social capital and the development of civil society Elections and the complexities of party politics The challenges for the EU of raising standards of democratic governance Differences between Russia’s and the West’s interpretation of political life Written by one of the world's most renowned authorities on this subject, this text is ideal for courses on transition, post-communism, democratization and Russian and Eastern European history and politics.
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.
Theorizing Transition
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Author : John Pickles
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-08-31
Theorizing Transition written by John Pickles and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-31 with Business & Economics categories.
Examining 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.
Catching Up And Falling Behind
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Author : David A. Dyker
language : en
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Release Date : 2004
Catching Up And Falling Behind written by David A. Dyker and has been published by Imperial College Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Political Science categories.
In this collection of essays David A Dyker explores some of the mostdifficult and fascinating aspects of the process of transition fromautocratic real socialism to a capitalism that is sometimesdemocratic, sometimes authoritarian. The stress is on the economicdimension of transformation, but the author sets the economic dramafirmly within a political economy framework and a historicalperspective. Trends in key economic variables are analysed against thebackground of the struggle between different social and politicalgroups for power and command over resources. While the book pays dueattention to topical issues like EU enlargement, the underlyingperspective is a long-term one. Transition is viewed not as a set ofonce-and-for-all institutional changes or a process of short-termstabilisation, but as a historic opportunity to solve the inheritedproblem of poverty and underdevelopment in Central-East Europe and theformer Soviet Union. The book ends with a critical assessment of howeconomics, as a discipline, has coped with the challenge of thathistoric opportunity.
The Post Communist Condition
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Author : Aleksandra Galasi?ska
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2010
The Post Communist Condition written by Aleksandra Galasi?ska and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume offers interdisciplinary perspectives on discourses in one national context of post-communist transformation. Proposing a macro-micro approach to discourse analysis and transformation, it examines a spectrum of topics including Polish history, with its 'interpreters'; changes in political bodies and the media, policies of the Catholic Church and the Institute of National Remembrance; xenophobia and anti-Semitism, with the emergence of unemployment and homelessness; experiences of new gender relations and migrations. In effect, drawing upon unique sets of data, the book shows how post-communist transformation can be understood through analyses of the changing public and private discourses. It shows Polish post-communism as a fragile and uneasy transformation, with people and institutions struggling to make sense of it and of life within it. The volume will be of interest to a broad range of social scientists: discourse analysts, sociologists, modern historians and political scientists, as well as to the informed lay public.
Postcommunist Transformation And The Social Sciences
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Author : Frank Bönker
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2003-08
Postcommunist Transformation And The Social Sciences written by Frank Bönker and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08 with Business & Economics categories.
The work's major substantive themes revolve around problems of post-communist socio-economic transformations. Specifically, it explores post-communist systemic change, the role of religion and collective identity, the significance of trust and economic culture, patterns of state-economy interactions in enterprise restructuring, the context of EU expansion, the strengths and weaknesses of economic theory and neo-liberal doctrine, and the history of ideas in the post-communist transformation debate.
Transformations Of Post Communist States
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Author : W. Kostecki
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2000-04-07
Transformations Of Post Communist States written by W. Kostecki and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-07 with Political Science categories.
Post-communist transformation differs from any previous experience of societies in transition by its scope, speed, international framework and complicity. It contains elements of democratization, marketization, nation building, and the creation of a new international environment in the framework of globalization. The contributors give an 'internal' perspective of these highly complicated processes in a comparative form and using a multidisciplinary approach.
Media Transformations In The Post Communist World
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Author : Peter Gross
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2012-10-18
Media Transformations In The Post Communist World written by Peter Gross and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-18 with Social Science categories.
Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World: Eastern Europe’s Tortured Path to Change, edited by Peter Gross and Karol Jakubowicz, is a collection of analyses of Eastern European media by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. This in-depth exploration shows how despite positive changes after the fall of Communism, the transformations of societal institutions, including the mass media, have turned out to be slow, uncertain, and unsatisfying to many when measured against the admittedly ambiguous and overly Panglossian expectations. This collection offers readers a different view of post-Communist media by examining the mass media’s evolution in the region from a more holistic perspective. The contributors to this volume respond to essential questions, including: Is the post-Communist transition and transformation over? When can it be considered over? Each chapter contributes to our understanding of these questions by offering theoretical overviews and country-specific studies. This collection serves as an affirmation that the study of mass media is essential to understanding the nature and workings of democracy in the long-suffering nations of Central and Eastern Europe, with international applications. Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World is an indispensable contribution to the study of Eastern Europe after Communism, and the transformations of mass media in the region.
Divergent Paths In Post Communist Transformation
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Author : O. Havrylyshyn
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2006-02-20
Divergent Paths In Post Communist Transformation written by O. Havrylyshyn and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-20 with Business & Economics categories.
The most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the successes and failures of 27 countries post-communism transformation. Looking at life after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, the book examines and contrasts why some countries have virtually completed their transformation to a liberal polity and economy, while others lag behind.
Electoral Systems And Political Transformation In Post Communist Europe
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Author : S. Birch
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2003-11-25
Electoral Systems And Political Transformation In Post Communist Europe written by S. Birch and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-25 with Political Science categories.
Electoral Systems and Political Transformation in Post-Communist Europe assesses the influence of electoral systems on political change in 20 post-communist European states. The main finding is that electoral institutions have systematic effects on the formation of representative structures. 'Party-enabling' aspects of electoral laws such as list proportional representation tend to foster popular inclusion in politics and institutionalized party systems, whereas 'politician-enabling' rules such as single-member districts and ballots that allow voters to select individuals often favour the development of weakly structured systems and high levels of popular exclusion from the representative process.