Historical legacies of Communism: modern politics, society, and economic development

Libman and Obydenkova reveal how legacies of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) have survived in the politics, economic development, culture, and society of post-Communist regions in the 21st Century. The authors show how this impact is not driven by Communist ideology but by the cliente...

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Beteiligte Personen: Libman, Alexander 1981- (VerfasserIn), Obydenkova, Anastassia 1976- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108900133
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108900133
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108900133
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108900133
Zusammenfassung:Libman and Obydenkova reveal how legacies of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) have survived in the politics, economic development, culture, and society of post-Communist regions in the 21st Century. 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
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 364 Seiten) Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9781108900133
DOI:10.1017/9781108900133