Adaptation and Transformation in Communist and Post-Communist Systems

ISBN-13: 9780367004491 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 337 str.

Sabrina Petra Ramet

Opis

This book explores specific facets of systemic change in a theoretical way for understanding the processes of transformation in the communist systems. It is useful for historians and others concerned with the collapse of the communist system.

Spis treści

Preface -- Processes of Decay, Engines of Transformation: An Introduction -- The Rise of Public Legitimation in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe -- German Economic and Monetary Union: Transition to a Market Economy -- Socialism and Underdevelopment -- Hegemony, Class, and State Socialism: Toward a Theoretical Approach to Cultural Change, with Application to the Chinese Case -- Adaptation and Transformation of Religious Policy in Communist and Post-Communist Systems -- Revitalization Processes in Post-Communist Eastern Europe: Religion as Active Participant in Political Transformation -- The Press of Change: Mass Communications in Late Communist and Post-Communist Societies -- Rising Above the Past: The Struggle for Liberal Democracy in Eastern Europe -- When Systems Collapse: Toward a Theory About the Relationship Between System Decay and Civil Strife