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Socialism vanquished, socialism challenged : Eastern Europe and China, 1989-2009 / edited by Nina Bandelj and Dorothy J. Solinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.
- Post-communism.
- Post-communism--China.
- Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Europe, Eastern--Economic policy--1989-.
- China--Politics and government--1976-2002.
- China.
- China--Politics and government--2002-.
- China--Economic policy--1976-2000.
- China--Economic policy--2000-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Socialism Vanquished, Socialism Challenged examines the twenty-year aftermath of the 1989 assaults on established, state-sponsored socialism in the former Soviet bloc and in China. Editors Nina Bandelj and Dorothy J. Solinger bring together prominent experts on Eastern Europe and China to examine the respective trajectories of political, economic, and social transformations that unfolded in these two areas, while also comparing the changes that ensued within the two regions.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Contributors; Introduction: Postsocialist Trajectories in Comparative Perspective; PART ONE: REINSTITUTIONALIZING POLITICS; 1. 1989 and Its Aftermath: Two Waves of Democratic Change in Postcommunist Europe and Eurasia; 2. China Politics 20 Years Later; PART TWO: RECASTING STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; 3. Postsocialist Cleansing in Eastern Europe: Purity and Danger in Transitional Justice; 4. Responsive Authoritarianism and Blind-Eye Governance in China; PART THREE: REFORMING ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; 5. Notes on the Geopolitical Economy of Post-State Socialism
- 6. The 1989 Watershed in China: How the Dynamics of Economic Transition ChangedPART FOUR: TRANSFORMING ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR; 7. The Rise of Consumer Credit in the Postcommunist Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland; 8. Financing Constraints on the Private Sector in Postsocialist China; PART FIVE: RESHAPING SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS; 9. Changing Family Formation Behavior in Postsocialist Countries: Similarities, Divergences, and Explanations; 10. Communist Resilience: Institutional Adaptations in Post-Tiananmen China; Postscript: The Fate of the State after 1989: Eastern Europe and China Compared; Index
- AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-999626-1
- 0-19-989598-8
- OCLC:
- 960166015
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