1st Edition

Post-communist Regime Change A Comparative Study

By Jørgen Møller Copyright 2009
192 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book seeks to explain the divergent political pathways of twenty six post-communist states, following the breakdown and eventual collapse of communism in 1989-1991. Considering the trajectories of individual states between 1990 – 2007, this book challenges two central bodies of theory relating to democratization and regime change. Through a sustained analysis of global and post-communist... Read more

Introduction: The Puzzle of the Post-communist Tripartition  1. The Gap Between Electoral and Liberal Democracy Revisited. Some Conceptual and Empirical Clarifications  2. The Post-communist Tripartition Described  3. An Actor-centred Analysis of Post-communist Political Pathways  4. A Structural Analysis of Post-Communist Pathways  5. Contrasting Structures, Actors - And Diffusion.  Conclusion. 

Biography

Jørgen Møller is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark.