Bibliograph

Historical legacies of Communism, modern politics, society, and economic development, Alexander Libman, Anastassia V. Obydenkova

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Label

Historical legacies of Communism, modern politics, society, and economic development, Alexander Libman, Anastassia V. Obydenkova

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Historical legacies of Communism

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1176317852

Responsibility statement

Alexander Libman, Anastassia V. Obydenkova

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

modern politics, society, and economic development

Summary

Libman and Obydenkova reveal how legacies of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) have survived in the politics, economic development, culture, and society of post-Communist regions in the 21st Century. The authors show how this impact is not driven by Communist ideology but by the clientelistic practices, opportunism and cynicism prevalent in the CPSU. Their study is built on a novel dataset of the CPSU membership rates in Russian regions in the 1950s-1980s, alongside case studies, interviews and an analysis of mass media previously only available in Russian and discussed here in English for the first time. It will appeal to students and scholars of Russian and Eastern European politics and history, and anyone who wants to better understand countries which live or have lived through Communism: from Eastern Europe to China and East Asian Communist states.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The CPSU legacy : Leninism or clientelism? -- Cultural environment and Soviet cinematography as a legacy of the CPSU -- Measuring CPSU legacies -- Democracy -- Corruption -- Inequality -- Mortality -- Attitudes towards migrants -- Economic development and innovations -- The origin and persistence of legacies

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