The Left Transformed in Post-Communist Societies

The Cases of East-Central Europe, Russia, and Ukraine
Herausgeber: Curry, Jane Leftwich; Urban, Joan Barth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of the most unexpected outcomes of the Soviet bloc's transition out of communism is the divergent but important paths followed by once ruling communist parties. In The Left Transformed this ideological split into free market social democrats (Poland, Hungary, and Lithuania), anti-Western neo-Leninists (Russia and Ukraine), and doctrinal fence-sitters (the ex-communists of former East Germany) is explored through in-depth interviews, party presses and primary documents, and national election data. The careful examination of each party's transition as well as the most current information on organization, ideology, and electoral fortunes through late 2002 makes this book an invaluable resource for anyone interested in contemporary history, political parties, or comparative government in the former Soviet Empire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780742526648
• ISBN-10: 074252664X
• Artikelnr.: 21773312

Autorenporträt

Edited by Jane Leftwich Curry and Joan Barth Urban - Contributions by Thomas A. Baylis; Algis Krupavicius; Luke March; Diana Morlang and Andrew Wilson

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Poland's Ex-Communists: From Pariahs to
Establishment Players Chapter 3 Hungary: Socialists Building Capitalism
Chapter 4 The Left-wing Parties in Lithuania, 1990-2002 Chapter 5 Political
Adaptation in Germany's Post-Communist Party of Democratic Socialism
Chapter 6 The Pragmatic Radicalism of Russia's Communists Chapter 7 The
Communist Party of Ukraine: From Soviet Man to East Slavic Brotherhood
Chapter 8 The Post-Communist Left: Divergent Trajectories, Shared Legacies
Chapter 9 Appendix