A Concise Field Guide to Post-Communist Regimes - Actors, Institutions, and Dynamics (Paperback)

While the literature of hybrid regimes has given up the presumption that post-communist countries must democratize, its language and concepts still mostly relate to Western democracies. Magyar and Madlovics strongly argue for a vocabulary and grammar tailored to the specifics of the region. In 120 theses they unfold a conceptual framework with (1) a typology of post-communist regimes and (2) a detailed presentation of ideal-type actors and the political, economic, and social phenomena in these regimes. The book is a more digestible companion to the 800-page The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes (CEU Press, 2020), which was a detailed theoretical study with plenty of empirical illustrations. Each of the 120 theses contains a statement and its concise discussion supported by illustrative tables, figures, and QR-codes that connect the interested reader to the more detailed analysis in the Anatomy. In a condensed variety, this book has kept the holistic approach of the Anatomy and treats the spheres of political, market, and communal action as parts of a single, coherent whole. The endeavor to synthesize a vast range of ideas does not, however, result in a too complicated text. On the contrary, freed from the implicit presumptions of democracy theory, the new terminology yields a readily usable toolkit of unambiguous means of expression to speak about post-communism.

General

Imprint:	Central European University Press
Country of origin:	Hungary
Release date:	September 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Balint Magyar (Research Fellow) • Balint Madlovics (Research fellow)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-963-386-587-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political corruption Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General
LSN:	963-386-587-5
Barcode:	9789633865873

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