Global Geographies of Post-Socialist Transition: Geographies, Societies, Policies

ISBN-13: 9781138867147 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 288 str.

Herrschel

Opis

Since the formal raising of the Iron Curtain, there has been much interest in post-socialism and the process of post-socialist transition. This book provides a truly global comparative account of the meanings and processes this involves.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Variability, Legacies, Outcomes of Post-Communist Transitions  2. Socialism, Communism and After  3. The Meaning of Post-communist ‘Transition’ : Post-authoritarianism, Democratisation and Liberalisation  4. Marketisation, Democratisation and Inequality in Central and Eastern Europe  5. The Soviet Union and After: Incidental Transition Towards A Formal Democracy  6. 'Dual Track’ Transformation in China: Gradual Marketisation and Political Status Quo  7. Africanism, Marxism, Post-colonialism - Pragmatic Use of Communism and Post-communism As A Label  8. Latin Tradition, European Marxist Doctrine and Market Forces - Communism and after in Cuba  9. Identity Under Communism and Post-Communism  10: Summary and Conclusions: From Communisms to Post-Communisms - Global Patterns of Transformation

O autorze

Tassilo Herrschel