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The Current and Former Communist World

Explore the origins, development, and collapse of Communist regimes. Delve into political stakes, economic changes, and challenges faced by former Communist states. Question decision-making processes, political participation, and the relationship between economy and politics.

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The Current and Former Communist World

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  1. The Current and Former Communist World CHAPTER NINE

  2. Thinking About The Current and Former Communist World • The Impossible: Collapse of Totalitarianism • What is/was the Communist World? • Common Origins • The Leninist State - Democratic Centralism • Command Economies

  3. The Transition: Key Questions The Political Stakes Shifting Intellectual Gears: New questions What forces shaped the development of states and governments? How can we describe decision making? What is political participation like? How did collapse happen? Why did some Communist systems survive? What is the relationship between economic and political reform? Why are challenges bigger in former Communist states? Thinking About The Current and Former Communist World

  4. The Evolution of Communist Regimes • Origins of Socialism • Marxism, revolutionary socialism • Marxism-Leninism, bureaucratic revolutionary socialism • Stalinism, totalitarianism • Expansion • De-Stalinization

  5. The Marxist-Leninist State • The Party State • Secretariat • Politburo • General Secretary • Cult of Personality • Nomenklatura • Command economy • The Graying of Communism

  6. The Crisis of Communism:Suicide by Public Policy A. Reform: Too Little, Too Late • Glasnost • Democratization • Peristroika • Approach to the West

  7. The Crisis of Communism:Suicide by Public Policy B. 1989: The Year That Changed the World C. The Remnants of the Communist World

  8. Transitions • Economic disasters • Relative successes: East and Central Europe • Troubled transitions: The former Soviet Union • Ethnic conflict • Reform: What's left of Marxism?

  9. Current & Former Communist Regimes

  10. Economic Change in Former Communist Countries 1989-1995

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