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Why Communism Did Not Collapse - Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R990
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Why Communism Did Not Collapse - Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe (Paperback, New): Martin K....

Why Communism Did Not Collapse - Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe (Paperback, New)

Martin K. Dimitrov

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This volume brings together a distinguished group of scholars working to address the puzzling durability of communist autocracies in Eastern Europe and Asia, which are the longest-lasting type of non-democratic regime to emerge after World War I. The volume conceptualizes the communist universe as consisting of the ten regimes in Eastern Europe and Mongolia that eventually collapsed in 1989-91, and the five regimes that survived the fall of the Berlin Wall: China, Vietnam, Laos, North Korea and Cuba. The essays offer a theoretical argument that emphasizes the importance of institutional adaptations as a foundation of communist resilience. In particular, the contributors focus on four adaptations: of the economy, of ideology, of the mechanisms for inclusion of potential rivals, and of the institutions of vertical and horizontal accountability. The volume argues that when regimes are no longer able to implement adaptive change, contingent leadership choices and contagion dynamics make collapse more likely.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 2013
First published: August 2013
Editors: Martin K. Dimitrov
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 390
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-65113-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Totalitarianism & dictatorship
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LSN: 1-107-65113-1
Barcode: 9781107651135

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