Why Communism Did Not Collapse (eBook, ePUB)

Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe
Redaktion: Dimitrov, Martin K.

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107272675
• Artikelnr.: 52963894

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Reform and Resilience: 1. Understanding communist collapse and
resilience Martin K. Dimitrov; 2. Resilience and collapse in China and the
Soviet Union Thomas Bernstein; Part II. Ideology and Resilience: 3.
Ideological erosion and the breakdown of communist regimes Vladimir
Tismaneanu; 4. Ideological introversion and regime survival: North Korea's
'our-style socialism' Charles Armstrong; Part III. Contagion and
Resilience: 5. Bringing down dictators: waves of democratic change in
communist and postcommunist Europe and Eurasia Valerie J. Bunce and Sharon
L. Wolchik; 6. The dynamics of contagion in the Soviet Bloc and the impact
on regime survival Mark Kramer; Part IV. Inclusion and Resilience: 7.
Authoritarian survival, resilience, and the selectorate theory Mary
Gallagher and Jonathan Hanson; 8. Cause or consequence? Private-sector
development and communist resilience in China Kellee S. Tsai; Part V.
Accountability and Resilience: 9. Vietnam through Chinese eyes: divergent
accountability in single-party regimes Regina Abrami, Edmund Malesky and Yu
Zheng; 10. Vertical accountability in communist regimes: the role of
citizen complaints in Bulgaria and China Martin K. Dimitrov; 11.
Conclusion: whither communist regime resilience Martin K. Dimitrov.