Post Communist Studies And Political Science

Author : Jr. Fleron,Erik P Hoffmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000307795

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Post-communist Studies And Political Science by Jr. Fleron,Erik P Hoffmann Pdf

Serious stock-taking is in progress now among practitioners of whathas been called Sovietology, meaning studies of the Union of SovietSocialist Republics. The reason is that the field for the most part hadnot been expecting what happened in 1991: The USSR collapsed andwent out of existence as a unified state system governing a sixth ofthe world's territory, having allowed its East European empire tofree itself from Soviet dominance somewhat earlier.It might be said in defense of Sovietology that, by the beginningof the 1980s, it understood that economic and political crises werebrewing in the Soviet Union and its outer empire. But the field asa whole failed to grasp the full depth of the systemic crisis in SovietRussia and the destructive or self-destructive potentialities inherentin it. As the editors of this valuable volume write in the Introduction:"Sovietology was not prepared for perestroika and postcommunism."

Author : Terry D. Clark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315498713

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Beyond Post-communist Studies by Terry D. Clark Pdf

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.

Author : Jr Fleron,Erik P Hoffmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367299429

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Postcommunist Studies and Political Science by Jr Fleron,Erik P Hoffmann Pdf

Serious stock-taking is in progress now among practitioners of whathas been called Sovietology, meaning studies of the Union of SovietSocialist Republics. The reason is that the field for the most part hadnot been expecting what happened in 1991: The USSR collapsed andwent out of existence as a unified state system governing a sixth ofthe world's territory, having allowed its East European empire tofree itself from Soviet dominance somewhat earlier.It might be said in defense of Sovietology that, by the beginningof the 1980s, it understood that economic and political crises werebrewing in the Soviet Union and its outer empire. But the field asa whole failed to grasp the full depth of the systemic crisis in SovietRussia and the destructive or self-destructive potentialities inherentin it. As the editors of this valuable volume write in the Introduction: "Sovietology was not prepared for perestroika and postcommunism.

Author : Frederic J. Fleron,Erik P. Hoffmann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0813316863

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Post-Communist Studies and Political Science by Frederic J. Fleron,Erik P. Hoffmann Pdf

In this first extended reassessment of Sovietology in over two decades, Frederic Fleron and Erik Hoffmann argue that the field’s isolation from the social sciences has diminished analysts’ ability to explain the dramatic changes in the USSR. The editors’ collection of key essays elucidates Sovietology’s theories and methodologies and underscores the need to adapt them in order to understand both the Communist past and the transition to a post-Communist future.

Author : Terry Dee Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Europe, Eastern
ISBN : 1315498731

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Beyond Post-communist Studies by Terry Dee Clark Pdf

Author : Jørgen Møller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134014873

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Post-communist Regime Change by Jørgen Møller Pdf

This book seeks to explain the divergent political pathways of twenty six post-communist states, following the breakdown and eventual collapse of communism in 1989-1991. Considering the trajectories of individual states between 1990 – 2007, this book challenges two central bodies of theory relating to democratization and regime change. Through a sustained analysis of global and post-communist developments within this time period, the author shows that claims of an increasing asymmetry between the ‘electoral’ and ‘liberal’ elements of modern democracy have been greatly exaggerated. The author goes on to contend that in accounting for the geographical dispersion of post-communist regime forms, deeper structural factors should be considered as crucial. The book is divided into the following parts: Part I demonstrates how different conceptualisations of democracy can lead to very different conclusions about the empirical dynamics of democratization. Part II contrasts different explanations of post-communist political change and provides an integrated framework for explaining the political pathways encountered within the former Eastern Bloc. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of post-communist studies, democratization studies, comparative politics and regime change.

Author : Olena Nikolayenko
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136824531

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Citizens in the Making in Post-Soviet States by Olena Nikolayenko Pdf

The political outlook of young people in the countries of the former Soviet Union is crucial to their countries’ future political development. This is particularly relevant now as the first generation without firsthand experience of communism at first hand is approaching adulthood. Based on extensive original research and including new survey research amongst young people, this book examines young people’s political outlook in countries of the former Soviet Union; it compares and contrasts Russia, where authoritarianism has begun to reassert itself, and Ukraine, which experienced a democratic breakthrough in the aftermath of the Orange Revolution. The book examines questions such as: How supportive is this new generation of the new political order? What images of the Soviet Union prevail in the minds of young people? How much trust does youth place in current political and public institutions? Addressing these questions is crucial to understanding the extent to which the current regimes can survive on the wave of public support. The book argues that Russian adolescents tend to place more trust in the incumbent president and harbour more regrets about the disintegration of the Soviet Union than their peers in Ukraine; it demonstrates that young people distrust political parties and politicians, and that patriotic education shapes social and political values.

Author : S. Whitefield
Publisher : Springer
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230524620

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Political Culture and Post-Communism by S. Whitefield Pdf

Our understanding of the dynamics of Communist systems was substantially improved by taking political culture into account. But how much does the concept of political culture add to our empirical understanding of post-Communist Russia? The book's contributors engage with theoretical debates between political culture and competing 'rational choice' and institutionalist approaches to post-Soviet politics, and provide illustrative empirical studies of civic participation, views of national identity, the Russian criminal justice system and political violence.

Author : Frederic J. Fleron
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498550383

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Russian Studies and Comparative Politics by Frederic J. Fleron Pdf

This book brings together several of the author’s empirical studies that demonstrate the strength and utility of sociologist Robert Merton’s classic middle-range theory for understanding aspects of both Soviet and post-Soviet Russian politics. Some of those studies demonstrate that testing middle-range social science theory could take place even in the Soviet era when there were significant limitations of access to empirical data, and meaningful field research in the USSR was all but impossible. In the introductory chapter, the author explains the need for and advantages of studying Russian and Soviet politics from the perspective of middle-range social science theory. Then follow three chapters analyzing methodological issues in Soviet/post-Soviet studies. The author presents his six empirical studies employing middle-range social science theories to explore in Russia/USSR dimensions of organizations, ideology and decisionmaking, technology transfer and cultural diffusion, political culture, public opinion and democratization, and congruence of authority patterns in state-society relations. The book concludes with a chapter arguing the advantages of thinking theoretically about Russian and Soviet politics with the establishment of a new epistemic community organized around studies employing middle-range theory. This book presents examples of solutions to long-standing debates between area studies and the academic disciplines and between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to knowledge in the social sciences. In contrast to the tradition of Carnivals and Cockfights in Russian/Soviet area studies since the mid-20th Century, the book offers a new way of approaching the study of Russian politics for the 21st Century.

Author : John S. Dryzek,Leslie Holmes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521001382

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Post-Communist Democratization by John S. Dryzek,Leslie Holmes Pdf

This book examines the way democracy is thought about and lived by people in the post-communist world.

Author : Valerie J. Bunce,Sharon L. Wolchik
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107006850

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Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries by Valerie J. Bunce,Sharon L. Wolchik Pdf

From 1998 to 2005, six elections took place in postcommunist Europe that had the surprising outcome of empowering the opposition and defeating authoritarian incumbents or their designated successors. Valerie J. Bunce and Sharon L. Wolchik compare these unexpected electoral breakthroughs. They draw three conclusions. First, the opposition was victorious because of the hard and creative work of a transnational network composed of local opposition and civil society groups, members of the international democracy assistance community and graduates of successful electoral challenges to authoritarian rule in other countries. Second, the remarkable run of these upset elections reflected the ability of this network to diffuse an ensemble of innovative electoral strategies across state boundaries. Finally, elections can serve as a powerful mechanism for democratic change. This is especially the case when civil society is strong, the transfer of political power is through constitutional means, and opposition leaders win with small mandates.

Author : M. Spirova
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230605664

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Political Parties in Post-Communist Societies by M. Spirova Pdf

This is a study of party development in the post-communist world. Based on extensive fieldwork in Bulgaria and Hungary, as well as aggregate data from twelve post-communist states, this study provides an explanation of the behaviour of parties since 1990, and offer new insights into the party behaviour in the future.

Author : Graeme Gill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134485550

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Democracy and Post-Communism by Graeme Gill Pdf

The collapse of communism was widely heralded as the dawn of democracy across the former Soviet region. However, the political outcome has been much less uniform. The post-communist states have developed political systems from democracy to dictatorship. Using examples and empirical data collected from twenty-six former Soviet states, Graeme Gill provides a detailed comparative analysis of the core issues of regime change, the creation of civil society, economic reform and the changing nature of post-communism. Within these individual cases, it becomes clear that political outcomes have not been arbitrary, but directly reflect the circumstances surrounding the birth of independence. Students of Comparative Politics, International Relations and Russian and Post-Soviet Studies should find this book essential reading.

Author : Csaba Nikolenyi
Publisher : Comparative Politics
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199675302

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Institutional Design and Party Government in Post-communist Europe by Csaba Nikolenyi Pdf

This volume examines the institutional foundations of coalition government in the ten post-communist democracies of Eastern and Central Europe, arguing that differences in the arrangement of political institutions systematically explain variations in patterns of multi-party government.

Author : Bálint Magyar,Bálint Madlovics
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789633863701

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The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes by Bálint Magyar,Bálint Madlovics Pdf

Offering a single, coherent framework of the political, economic, and social phenomena that characterize post-communist regimes, this is the most comprehensive work on the subject to date. Focusing on Central Europe, the post-Soviet countries and China, the study provides a systematic mapping of possible post-communist trajectories. At exploring the structural foundations of post-communist regime development, the work discusses the types of state, with an emphasis on informality and patronalism; the variety of actors in the political, economic, and communal spheres; the ways autocrats neutralize media, elections, etc. The analysis embraces the color revolutions of civil resistance (as in Georgia and in Ukraine) and the defensive mechanisms of democracy and autocracy; the evolution of corruption and the workings of “relational economy”; an analysis of China as “market-exploiting dictatorship”; the sociology of “clientage society”; and the instrumental use of ideology, with an emphasis on populism. Beyond a cataloguing of phenomena—actors, institutions, and dynamics of post-communist democracies, autocracies, and dictatorships—Magyar and Madlovics also conceptualize everything as building blocks to a larger, coherent structure: a new language for post-communist regimes. While being the most definitive book on the topic, the book is nevertheless written in an accessible style suitable for both beginners who wish to understand the logic of post-communism and scholars who are interested in original contributions to comparative regime theory. The book is equipped with QR codes that link to www.postcommunistregimes.com, which contains interactive, 3D supplementary material for teaching.