Why Communism Did Not Collapse: Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe

ISBN-13: 9781107035539 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 390 str.

Martin K. Dimitrov

Opis

Addresses the durability of communist autocracies in Eastern Europe and Asia, the longest-lasting type of non-democratic regime to emerge after World War I.

Recenzje

“Communism has a past, but does it have a future? In this fascinating study, Martin Dimitrov has assembled an impressive set of leading international scholars to examine the staying power of the communist party-states that weathered the 1989–1991 denouement of the Soviet Union and its client states. The result is a theoretically insightful and empirically rich study in comparative politics and Leninist style systems. The volume leaves the reader with the sense that we have not seen the end of collapsing communist-type regimes.” – David Shambaugh, The George Washington University and The Brookings Institution

Spis treści

Part I. Reform and Resilience: 1. Understanding communist collapse and resilience Martin K. Dimitrov; 2. Resilience and collapse in China and the Soviet Union Thomas Bernstein; Part II. Ideology and Resilience: 3. Ideological erosion and the breakdown of communist regimes Vladimir Tismaneanu; 4. Ideological introversion and regime survival: North Korea's 'our-style socialism' Charles Armstrong; Part III. Contagion and Resilience: 5. Bringing down dictators: waves of democratic change in communist and postcommunist Europe and Eurasia Valerie J. Bunce and Sharon L. Wolchik; 6. The dynamics of contagion in the Soviet Bloc and the impact on regime survival Mark Kramer; Part IV. Inclusion and Resilience: 7. Authoritarian survival, resilience, and the selectorate theory Mary Gallagher and Jonathan Hanson; 8. Cause or consequence? Private-sector development and communist resilience in China Kellee S. Tsai; Part V. Accountability and Resilience: 9. Vietnam through Chinese eyes: divergent accountability in single-party regimes Regina Abrami, Edmund Malesky and Yu Zheng; 10. Vertical accountability in communist regimes: the role of citizen complaints in Bulgaria and China Martin K. Dimitrov; 11. Conclusion: whither communist regime resilience Martin K. Dimitrov.