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Socialism vanquished, socialism challenged : Eastern Europe and China, 1989-2009 / edited by Nina Bandelj and Dorothy J. Solinger.
LIBRA JN96.A58 S64 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Post-communism.
- Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Eastern Europe.
- Politics and government.
- Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.
- Europe, Eastern--Economic policy--1989-.
- Economic policy.
- China--Politics and government--1976-2002.
- China.
- China--Politics and government--2002-.
- Post-communism--China.
- China--Economic policy--1976-2000.
- China--Economic policy--2000-.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Socialism Vanquished, Socialism Challenged examines how the 1989 collapse of state-sponsored socialism in the former Soviet bloc impacted both Eastern Europe and China over the next two decades. Featuring paired comparisons of the major political, economic, and social changes that occurred in China and the former Soviet bloc, the chapters all share a concern with the fate of the state in the post-socialist era. Contributors elaborate on topics such as civil society before and after 1989; the ways in which the state has-or has not-encouraged new forms of economic behavior; and the state's role in novel social trends. Through an analysis of the political models and economic patterns that have emerged in this grand project of transition, the work provides a powerful comparative account that will reshape our understanding of the post-1989 era in both Eastern Europe and East Asia. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: post-socialist trajectories in comparative perspective / by Nina Bandelj and Dorothy J. Solinger
- Part 1. Re-institutionalizing politics
- Part 2. Recasting state-society relations
- Part 3. Reforming economic systems
- Part 4. Transforming economic behavior
- Part 5. Reshaping social institutions
- Postscript: The fate of the state after 1989: Eastern Europe and China compared / by Nina Bandelj and Dorothy J. Solinger.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0199895961
- 9780199895977
- 019989597X
- 9780199895960
- OCLC:
- 765485004
- Publisher Number:
- 99952086388
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