Varieties of Post-Communist Capitalism: A Comparative Analysis of Russia, Eastern Europe and China, Paperback - Iván Szelényi

This book intends to be a contribution to the varieties of capitalism paradigm. The theoretical background is Weber 's theory of legitimacy. Was co...

What are the most important differences among national economies? Is globalization forcing nations to converge on an Anglo-American model? What exp...

Reducere. How much Eastern European history do you know?The story of Eastern Europe is one of successes and failures, competing interests, and the rise and f...

Matt Ryan draws on ten years of research to deliver this landmark comparative review of participatory budgeting, or collective decisions on spendin...

Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation contains the first systematic comparative analysis of the process of democratic consolidation i...

Communism in Eastern Europe is a groundbreaking new survey of the history of Eastern Europe since 1945. It examines how Communist governments came ...

DescriptionHow homophobic backlash unexpectedly strengthened mobilization for LGBT political rights in post-communist Europe While LGBT activism ha...

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Reducere. Failed Crusade is a deeply informed and passionate call for a fundamentally different American-Russian relationship in the post-Yeltsin era. Author...

Lankina reveals how Imperial Russia's social structure survived the Bolsheviks' social engineering projects and continues to drive inequalities and...

DescriptionAlexandra Robinson examines the letter of Jude in the light of repeated scholarly references to this source as an invective, a polemic, ...

In acest eseu incitant si provocator, Ivan Krastev reflecta la viitorul Uniunii Europene – si la posibila lipsa a unui viitor. Confruntandu-se cu o...

Reducere. Twenty years after its history has started, post-communism continues to present itself, when one wants to discern its characteristics and, therefor...

This book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in central and eastern E...

The volume offers an exploration of communism in Central and Eastern Europe through the prism of generation and gender. Both concepts are used as a...

Reducere. Drakulic's composite portrait provides a clear-eyed look at European values, and what they really amount to. --The New Yorker An evocative and time...

The contributions to this edited volume discuss constitutional politics in 20 Central and Eastern European countries. The country chapters describe...

Li reveals how the Chinese Communist Party runs the Chinese state like an organisation that can act as swiftly and flexibly as a firm. The Rise of ...

This volume in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society series identifies some marked shifts in the direction of what might best be describe...

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Hung-chao TaiIllustration(s): 1 frontisp., figs., mapsNumber of pages: 588Publication date: 202...

A compelling examination of the establishment of the secret police in Communist Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Eastern Germany

The book analyzes how democracies are addressing issues of freedom of expression. It will be used as a supplemental text in courses on constitution...

Offering a single, coherent framework of the political, economic, and social phenomena that characterize post-communist regimes this is the most co...

The fall of the Berlin wall was seen by many as the final triumph of liberal democracy over communism. But now, in the wake of the great financial ...

Publisher: Beacon BooksAuthor(s): Munyaradzi Felix MuroveNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 151 x 228 x 16Cover type: Paperback ...

Reducere. Eastern European mythology and folklore contain a rich, colorful blend of Christian and pagan tales, customs, and rituals. Many have lost their ori...

Reducere. "I hope that the text can be widely disseminated among the scholars in this field. If my experience is any indication of the likely response, it wi...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Lanfranco SennNumber of pages: 621Collection: Urban Institute PressPublication date: 1999Dimensions: 150 ...

China Mieville's reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: the Communist Manifesto.Publisher: Head of ZeusA...

Reducere. Seductive. Beautiful. Dangerous Or are they innocent maidens looking for love? Discover the allure of Slavic mermaids - Rusalki. Author Ronesa Avee...

One of the most influential books on Western understanding and sympathy for Red China in the 1930s