Democracy after communism / edited by Larry Diamond and Marc F. Plattner.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Journal of democracy bookPublication details: Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002.Description: xxiv, 288 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

0801870763 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801870767 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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306.2/09171/7

LOC classification:

JC 421 D383a 2002

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Contents:

Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix Marc F. Plattner I. The Exit from Communism How Different Are Postcommunist Transitions? 3 (15) Ghia Nodia Comparing East and South 18 (15) Valerie Bunce The Persistence of Postcommunist Elites 33 (15) John Higley Judith Kullberg Jan Pakulski Civil Society after Communism 48 (15) Aleksander Smolar Understanding Postcommunist Transitions 63 (15) Leszek Balcerowicz Estonia's Success Story 78 (6) Mart Laar The Postcommunist Wars 84 (19) Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr. II. The East European Experience The Postcommunist Divide 103 (6) Jacques Rupnik Europe Transformed 109 (6) Richard Rose Reassessing the Revolutions of 1989 115 (5) Vladimir Tismaneanu The Transformation of Central Europe 120 (6) Bronistaw Geremek Victory Defeated 126 (6) G.M. Tamas The International Context 132 (15) Jacques Rupnik A Diverging Europe 147 (14) Richard Rose History and Memory: The Revolutions of 1989--91 161 (18) Aleksander Smolar III. The Post-Soviet Experience One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 179 (15) Michael McFaul The Primacy of History and Culture 194 (7) Zbigniew Brzezinski The Impact of Nationalism 201 (8) Ghia Nodia From Democratization to ``Guided Democracy,'' 209 (7) Archie Brown The Advantages of Radical Reform 216 (8) Anders Åslund Disillusionment in the Caucasus and Central Asia 224 (8) Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr. Sovereignty and Uncertainty in Ukraine 232 (8) Nadia Diuk Russia's Hybrid Regime 240 (6) Lilia Shevtsova Putin's Path 246 (8) M. Steven Fish Going Backwards 254 (8) Grigory Yavlinsky A Mixed Record, an Uncertain Future 262 (9) Michael McFaul Index 271

Summary: The last quarter of the twentieth century was marked by two dramatic political trends that altered many of the world's regimes: the global resurgence of democracy and the collapse of communism. Was the process that brought down communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union fundamentally different from the process that gave birth to new democracies in other regions of the world? Were the transitions away from communism mostly like or mostly unlike the transitions away from authoritarianism that took place elsewhere? Is the challenge of building and consolidating democracy under postcommunist conditions unique, or can one apply lessons learned from other new democracies? The essays collected in this volume explore these questions, while tracing how the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have fared in the decade following the fall of communism.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
Marc F. Plattner
I. The Exit from Communism
How Different Are Postcommunist Transitions?
3 (15)
Ghia Nodia
Comparing East and South
18 (15)
Valerie Bunce
The Persistence of Postcommunist Elites
33 (15)
John Higley
Judith Kullberg
Jan Pakulski
Civil Society after Communism
48 (15)
Aleksander Smolar
Understanding Postcommunist Transitions
63 (15)
Leszek Balcerowicz
Estonia's Success Story
78 (6)
Mart Laar
The Postcommunist Wars
84 (19)
Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr.
II. The East European Experience
The Postcommunist Divide
103 (6)
Jacques Rupnik
Europe Transformed
109 (6)
Richard Rose
Reassessing the Revolutions of 1989
115 (5)
Vladimir Tismaneanu
The Transformation of Central Europe
120 (6)
Bronistaw Geremek
Victory Defeated
126 (6)
G.M. Tamas
The International Context
132 (15)
Jacques Rupnik
A Diverging Europe
147 (14)
Richard Rose
History and Memory: The Revolutions of 1989--91
161 (18)
Aleksander Smolar
III. The Post-Soviet Experience
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
179 (15)
Michael McFaul
The Primacy of History and Culture
194 (7)
Zbigniew Brzezinski
The Impact of Nationalism
201 (8)
Ghia Nodia
From Democratization to ``Guided Democracy,''
209 (7)
Archie Brown
The Advantages of Radical Reform
216 (8)
Anders Åslund
Disillusionment in the Caucasus and Central Asia
224 (8)
Charles H. Fairbanks, Jr.
Sovereignty and Uncertainty in Ukraine
232 (8)
Nadia Diuk
Russia's Hybrid Regime
240 (6)
Lilia Shevtsova
Putin's Path
246 (8)
M. Steven Fish
Going Backwards
254 (8)
Grigory Yavlinsky
A Mixed Record, an Uncertain Future
262 (9)
Michael McFaul
Index 271

The last quarter of the twentieth century was marked by two dramatic political trends that altered many of the world's regimes: the global resurgence of democracy and the collapse of communism. Was the process that brought down communism in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union fundamentally different from the process that gave birth to new democracies in other regions of the world? Were the transitions away from communism mostly like or mostly unlike the transitions away from authoritarianism that took place elsewhere? Is the challenge of building and consolidating democracy under postcommunist conditions unique, or can one apply lessons learned from other new democracies? The essays collected in this volume explore these questions, while tracing how the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have fared in the decade following the fall of communism.

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