This book brings together experts in international relations and comparative politics in order to examine the sociopolitical and economic issues of individual socialist countries and to investigate specific issues cross-nationally. In addition to summarizing recent events that have affected the politics of the socialist community, the contributors speculate about possible future developments. Arguing that socialist states are beset by problems that their institutional structures are unable to handle, the contributors agree that virtually all of the states examined require some form of immediate reform if they are to prevail as legitimate and valuable systems of government. Following essays on the overall complexities of change in socialist states and detailed analyses of six Eastern European countries and the Soviet Union, the editors conclude with a valuable discussion of the dominant patterns that have appeared in the experiences of the socialist state system.
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This book brings together experts in international relations and comparative politics in order to examine the sociopolitical and economic issues of individual socialist countries and to investigate specific issues cross-nationally.
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Preface by Charles J. Bukowski and Mark A. Cichock Part I: Social and Economic Change The Direction of Change in the Socialist Community by Richard P. Farkas Economic Policies and Options for Eastern Europe by Paul Marer Part II: Case Studies of Change Economic Performance and Political Change in Czechoslovakia by Sharon L Wolchik Socialist Democracy Revisited: The Case of Hungary by Barnabas A. Racz Citizenship in a New Polish Context: Prospects for Stability in the Post-1981 Period by Maurice D. Simon Propsects for System Stability in Yugoslavia by Charles J. Bukowski and Mark A. Cichock The Soviet Union and Non-European Socialist States by Daniel S. Papp Bibliography Index About the Contributors
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780275924348
Publisert
1987-03-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Praeger Publishers Inc
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
157

Om bidragsyterne

CHARLES J. BUKOWSKI is Assistant Professor at Bradley University in Illinois.

MARK A. CICHOCK is Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.