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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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"Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, many scholars have sought to explain the collapse of communism. Yet, more than two decades on, communist regimes continue to rule in a diverse set of countries including China, Cuba, North Korea and Vietnam. In a unique study of fourteen countries, Steven Saxonberg explores the reasons for the survival of some communist regimes while others fell. He also shows why the process of collapse differed among communist-led regimes in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Based on the analysis of the different processes of collapse that has already taken place and taking into account the special characteristics of the remaining communist regimes, Transitions and Non-Transitions from Communism discusses the future prospects for the survival of the regimes in China, Cuba, North Korea and Vietnam"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Cover; Contents; Figures and tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; Defining communist rule; Choice of countries; Regime types, legitimacy, and revolutionary potential; Regime types; The development of regime types; The revolutionary potential of society; Types of transitions: revolutions, pacts and semi-revolutions; Summary of the model; Alternative explanations; Make-up of this book; 2 Communist regime types; Totalitarianism regimes and hegemony; Failed totalitarianism; Ethiopia; Grenada; Nicaragua; Early post-totalitarianism and ideological legitimacy; Freezing post-totalitarianism. |
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CzechoslovakiaEast Germany; The Soviet Union from Brezhnev to Chernenko; Maturing post-totalitarianism; Hungary; Poland; The Soviet Union under Gorbachev; China; Vietnam; Summary; 3 Nationalism and patrimonial communism; Non-patrimonial nationalists; The Soviet Union; China; Vietnam; Totalitarian patrimonialism in North Korea; Harsh freezing patrimonialism in Romania; Freezing patrimonialism in Cuba; Maturing patrimonialism in (rump) Yugoslavia; Summary: explaining patrimonial communism; 4 Ideology and opposition to communism; Institutional incentives and political actors; Intellectuals. |
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What are the reasons for the dominance of intellectuals?Workers participate during economic crises; Professionals; Peasants; Ideology and the development of opposition; Oppositional roles and strategies; Cooperation between workers/peasants and intellectuals; The emergence of semi-oppositions; Summing up the relationship between legitimacy and strategy; 5 Revolutionary potential and revolutionary outcomes; Czechoslovakia; East Germany; Romania; The Soviet Union; Yugoslavia; Conclusion; 6 Transitions without revolutions; Transition through negotiated transitions; Poland; Hungary. |
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Militant insurgenciesEthiopia; Grenada; Nicaragua; Conclusion; 7 Non-transitions among maturing countries; Economic success; Legitimacy lost, pragmatic acceptance gained; Is a revolutionary situation likely to emerge?; Conclusion; 8 Non-transition and patrimonial communism; Economic stagnation?; Potential for a military coup; The revolutionary potential of North Korea; The revolutionary potential of Cuba; Conclusion; 9 What next?; Prospects; What is to be done?; To boycott or not to boycott?; Great expectations?; Index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Post-communism -- Case studies.
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Post-communism -- Case studies. |
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Post-communism. |
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Communism -- Case studies.
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Communism. |
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Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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Print version: Saxonberg, Steven. Transitions and non-transitions from communism. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9781107023888 (DLC) 2012018846 (OCoLC)793973886 |
| ISBN |
9781139625562 (electronic book) |
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113962556X (electronic book) |
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9781139152396 (electronic book) |
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1139152394 (electronic book) |
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9781283986670 (MyiLibrary) |
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1283986671 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781139616263 |
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1139616269 |
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9781139612548 |
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1139612549 |
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9781107023888 |
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1107023882 |
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40022208957 |
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