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020 _a9781139565028 (ebook)
020 _z9781107035539 (hardback)
020 _z9781107651135 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
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050 0 0 _aHX45
_b.W49 2013
082 0 0 _a320.53/2095
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245 0 0 _aWhy Communism Did Not Collapse : Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe / [electronic resource]
_cEdited by Martin K. Dimitrov.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (390 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aThis 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.
700 1 _aDimitrov, Martin K.,
_eeditor of compilation.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107035539
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565028
_zCambridge Online Library
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