Gill Democracy and Post-Communism

Political Change in the Post-Communist World
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-48555-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gill, Graeme

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Tables

1. A Democratic Post-Communism?

2. Negotiating Regime Change

3. Civil Society and the Onset of Negotiations

4. Creating Civil Society

5. Paths to Democracy?

Conclusion Democracy and Post Communism