
Historical Legacies of Communism
Modern Politics, Society, and Economic Development
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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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The CPSU Legacy: Leninism or Clientelism?
- 3 Cultural Environment and Soviet Cinematography as a Legacy of the CPSU
- 4 Measuring CPSU Legacies
- 5 Democracy
- 6 Corruption
- 7 Inequality
- 8 Mortality
- 9 Attitudes Toward Migrants
- 10 Economic Development and Innovations
- 11 The Origin and Persistence of Legacies
- 12 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index