Varieties of Post-Communist Capitalism: A Comparative Analysis of Russia, Eastern Europe and China

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This book intends to be a contribution to the varieties of capitalism paradigm. Our main question is to what extent the present system in Russia, the model of President Putin is a generic model for all post-communist capitalisms. Varieties of Post-communist Capitalism: A Comparative Analysis of Russia, Eastern Europe and China Copyright Contents Preface List of Figures, Tables and Boxes 1 Introduction 2 Legitimacy under Communism and Post-communism: Theoretical Background 1 When Is a Rule 'Illegitimate'? 2 The Three Ideal Types of Legitimate Authority (and the Fourth) 3 Various Types of Traditional Authority 4 The Sources of Income and Wealth - A Complete Historical Overview 3 Varieties of Communism 1 Introductory Remarks 2 What Is/Was Communism? The Political Economy of the Classical System 3 Systems of Domination under Various Types of Communism 4 Reforming the Communist Economy 5 The Governance of State-Owned Enterprises 6 Stratification Regimes under Various Communist Formations 4 Reinterpretation of Inequalities and Rent-Seeking in Advanced Market Economies 1 Profits versus Rents 2 Changing and New Forms of Rents 3 Institutional Consequences of Rent 4 Class Reproduction through the Accumulation of Human and Cultural Capital 5 The Counter-Revolution of Nation States in the Name of More Equality 5 The Divergent Pathways Out of Communism 1 Introductory Comments Distinguishing Three Pathways to Capitalisms 2 The Liberal Model 3 The Patrimonial Model 4 Market Socialism or Capitalism from Below? 5 The Structure of Post-communist Societies during the First Phases of Transformation 6 Consolidation and Partial Re-convergence of Post-communist Pathways? 1 Eastern European Liberal Democracies Successes and Crises, 2000-2010 2 The New Legitimacy and a New Political Economy Illiberal Managed Democracy and Prebendalism 3 The Ideology of Post-communist Traditionalism 4 Liberal-Democratic Ways to Capitalism in Eastern Europe The Emergence of Prebendalism? 5 Is China on the Road to Putinism? 6 Social Structure in Post-communist Societies in or on the Way to Prebendalism 7 Conclusions: Is Putinism a Model for Post-communism? Bibliography Name Index Subject Index