Beschreibung:
Since the formal raising of the Iron Curtain, there has been much interest in post-socialism and the process of post-socialist transition. This timely book provides a systematic review and analysis of the process of 'transition'. Herrschel:
1. Introduction: Variability, Legacies, Outcomes of Post-Communist Transitions 2. Socialism, Communism and After 3. The Meaning of Post-communist 'Transition' : Post-authoritarianism, Democratisation and Liberalisation 4. Marketisation, Democratisation and Inequality in Central and Eastern Europe 5. The Soviet Union and After: Incidental Transition Towards A Formal Democracy 6. 'Dual Track' Transformation in China: Gradual Marketisation and Political Status Quo 7. Africanism, Marxism, Post-colonialism - Pragmatic Use of Communism and Post-communism As A Label 8. Latin Tradition, European Marxist Doctrine and Market Forces - Communism and after in Cuba 9. Identity Under Communism and Post-Communism 10: Summary and Conclusions: From Communisms to Post-Communisms - Global Patterns of Transformation