The Divergent Post-Communist Paths to Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Divergent Post-Communist Paths to Democracy write by Simeon Djankov. This book was released on 2016. The Divergent Post-Communist Paths to Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. We show that the economic transition has been more successful than the political transformation in the quarter century since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The adoption of strong parliamentarian systems has negated the deleterious effects of religious and imperial history on economic evolution. As a result, the divergence in democracy and political rights is 4 to 5 times larger than the divergence in the path towards economic freedom and ease of doing business. Democracy is not harder to predict than economic freedom -- history and ethnicity predict it well. But recent authoritarian regressions in Hungary and Poland, countries with successful economic reforms and strong parliamentarian systems, present a new challenge to researchers.
Varieties of Post-communist Capitalism
Varieties of Post-communist Capitalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Varieties of Post-communist Capitalism write by Iván Szelényi. This book was released on 2019-11-26. Varieties of Post-communist Capitalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Post-communist Regime Change
Post-communist Regime Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Post-communist Regime Change write by Jørgen Møller. This book was released on 2009-06-02. Post-communist Regime Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation
Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation write by O. Havrylyshyn. This book was released on 2006-02-20. Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the successes and failures of 27 countries post-communism transformation. Looking at life after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, the book examines and contrasts why some countries have virtually completed their transformation to a liberal polity and economy, while others lag behind.
Regime Change in the Yugoslav Successor States
Regime Change in the Yugoslav Successor States - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Regime Change in the Yugoslav Successor States write by Mieczysław P. Boduszyński. This book was released on 2010-04-26. Regime Change in the Yugoslav Successor States available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the 1990s, amid political upheaval and civil war, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia dissolved into five successor states. The subsequent independence of Montenegro and Kosovo brought the total number to seven. Balkan scholar and diplomat to the region Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski examines four of those states—Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia—and traces their divergent paths toward democracy and Euro-Atlantic integration over the past two decades. Boduszynski argues that regime change in the Yugoslav successor states was powerfully shaped by both internal and external forces: the economic conditions on the eve of independence and transition and the incentives offered by the European Union and other Western actors to encourage economic and political liberalization. He shows how these factors contributed to differing formulations of democracy in each state. The author engages with the vexing problems of creating and sustaining democracy when circumstances are not entirely supportive of the effort. He employs innovative concepts to measure the quality of and prospects for democracy in the Balkan region, arguing that procedural indicators of democratization do not adequately describe the stability of liberalism in post-communist states. This unique perspective on developments in the region provides relevant lessons for regime change in the larger post-communist world. Scholars, practitioners, and policymakers will find the book to be a compelling contribution to the study of comparative politics, democratization, and European integration.
