Alexander Libman, Anastassia V Obydenkova

Historical Legacies of Communism

Modern Politics, Society, and Economic Development

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reveals how the legacy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union affects modern politics, society and economic development in post-Communist Russia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9781108829984
• ISBN-10: 1108829988
• Artikelnr.: 59921052

Autorenporträt

Alexander Libman is Professor of Social Sciences and Eastern European Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and a research affiliate at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development of the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow. He is the author, co-author or co-editor of ten books.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The CPSU legacy: Leninism or clientelism? 3. Cultural environment and Soviet cinematography as a legacy of the CPSU
4. Measuring CPSU legacies
5. Democracy
6. Corruption
7. Inequality
8. Mortality
9. Attitudes towards migrants
10. Economic development and innovations
11. The origin and persistence of legacies
12. Conclusion.