Historical Legacies of Communism
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Historical Legacies of Communism

Modern Politics, Society, and Economic Development

  1. English
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eBook - PDF

Historical Legacies of Communism

Modern Politics, Society, and Economic Development

About this book

Libman and Obydenkova reveal how legacies ofthe Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)have survived in the politics, economic development, culture, and society of post-Communist regions in the 21stCentury. The authors show how this impact is not driven by Communist ideology but by the clientelistic practices, opportunism and cynicism prevalent in the CPSU. Their study is built on a novel dataset of the CPSU membership rates in Russian regions in the 1950s-1980s, alongside case studies, interviews and an analysis of mass media previously only available in Russian and discussed here in English for the first time. It will appeal to students and scholars of Russian and Eastern European politics and history, and anyone who wants to better understand countries which live or have lived through Communism: from Eastern Europe to China and East Asian Communist states.

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Yes, you can access Historical Legacies of Communism by Alexander Libman,Anastassia V. Obydenkova in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Global Politics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Maps
  9. List of Tables
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. List of Abbreviations
  12. 1 Introduction
  13. 2 The CPSU Legacy: Leninism or Clientelism?
  14. 3 Cultural Environment and Soviet Cinematography as a Legacy of the CPSU
  15. 4 Measuring CPSU Legacies
  16. 5 Democracy
  17. 6 Corruption
  18. 7 Inequality
  19. 8 Mortality
  20. 9 Attitudes Toward Migrants
  21. 10 Economic Development and Innovations
  22. 11 The Origin and Persistence of Legacies
  23. 12 Conclusion
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index