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Democracy and Post-Communism: Political Change in the Post-Communist World (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics, 1)

By Graeme Gill

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
9780415272056, 041527205X, 0203166418, 9780203166413, 9780203281567
Open Library ID
OL17044232M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3091464 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
288\289
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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