Post-communism : an introduction

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Title:

Author:

Holmes, Leslie.

ISBN:

9780822319955

9780822319870

Personal Author:

Holmes, Leslie.

Publication Information:

Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 1997.

Physical Description:

xiv, 384 p. ; 25cm.

Contents:

Pt. I. Theories and Approaches. 1. On Communism and Post-Communism. 2. Theories of the Collapse of Communist Power -- Pt. II. Transition to Post-Communism: The Revolutions of 1989-1991. 3. Eastern Europe. 4. The USSR. 5. The Survivors. 6. A Comparative Overview -- Pt. III. Early Post-Communism. 7. Institutional Politics. 8. The Economies. 9. Social Policies and Problems. 10. Civil or Uncivil Societies? 11. Changing Allegiances -- Pt. IV. Conclusions. 12. Some Concluding Remarks.

Abstract:

Post-Communism: An Introduction examines the difficult issue of what is meant by "post-communism." Leslie Holmes presents a thematic and comparative discussion of the nature and history of post-communism, including discussion of the new political institutions, social movements and civil society, gender, the environment, nationalism and ethnic politics, and changing international allegiances. Throughout the work Holmes compares present circumstances with the pre-1989 situation in order to provide a fuller interpretation of post-communism. Comprehensive, comparative, and up-to-date, this accessible account of one of the major events of the 20th century will be essential reading for students of politics as well as the general reader.

Subject Term:

Communism.

Post-communism.

Geographic Term:

Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-

Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991.

Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government.

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Post-Communism: An Introduction examines the difficult issue of what is meant by post-communism. Leslie Holmes presents a thematic and comparative discussion of the nature and history of post-communism, including discussion of the new political institutions, social movements and civil society, gender, the environment, nationalism and ethnic politics, and changing international allegiances. Throughout the work Holmes compares present circumstances with the pre-1989 situation in order to provide a fuller interpretation of post-communism. Comprehensive, comparative, and up-to-date, this accessible account of one of the major events of the 20th century will be essential reading for students of politics as well as the general reader.