POST-COMMUNIST REGIME CHANGE by Jorgen Moller ( 9780415850100 )

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Title:

POST-COMMUNIST REGIME CHANGE
A COMPARATIVE STUDY

By:

Jorgen Moller

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041585010X

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Pub. date:

15 April, 2013

Series:

Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

Pages:

192

Description:

The author seeks to explain the advent of post-communist tripartition and elucidate and explain the political pathways of 26 post-communist countries in the period 1990-2007.

Synopsis:

This book seeks to explain the divergent political pathways of twenty six post-communist states, following the breakdown and eventual collapse of communism in 1989-1991. Considering the trajectories of individual states between 1990 - 2007, this book challenges two central bodies of theory relating to democratization and regime change. Through a sustained analysis of global and post-communist developments within this time period, the author shows that claims of an increasing asymmetry between the 'electoral' and 'liberal' elements of modern democracy have been greatly exaggerated. The author goes on to contend that in accounting for the geographical dispersion of post-communist regime forms, deeper structural factors should be considered as crucial. The book is divided into the following parts: * Part I demonstrates how different conceptualisations of democracy can lead to very different conclusions about the empirical dynamics of democratization. * Part II contrasts different explanations of post-communist political change and provides an integrated framework for explaining the political pathways encountered within the former Eastern Bloc.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of post-communist studies, democratization studies, comparative politics and regime change.

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19 black & white illustrations, 17 black & white tables, 19 black & white

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