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999			_c1298 _d1298
001			18062376
008			140310s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2014002030
020			_a9781107054172 (hardback)
020			_a9781107679917 (paperback)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC
050	0	0	_aHC244 _b.H554 2014
082	0	0	_a330.947 _222
245	0	0	_aHistorical legacies of communism in Russia and Eastern Europe / _cedited by Mark R. Beissinger, Princeton University, Stephen Kotkin, Princeton University.
264		1	_aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2014.
300			_aix, 247 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
520			_a"This book takes stock of arguments about the historical legacies of communism that have become common within the study of Russia and East Europe more than two decades after communism's demise and elaborates an empirical approach to the study of historical legacies revolving around relationships and mechanisms rather than correlation and outward similarities. Eleven essays by a distinguished group of scholars assess whether post-communist developments in specific areas continue to be shaped by the experience of communism or, alternatively, by fundamental divergences produced before or after communism. Chapters deal with the variable impact of the communist experience on post-communist societies in such areas as regime trajectories and democratic political values; patterns of regional and sectoral economic development; property ownership within the energy sector; the functioning of the executive branch of government, the police, and courts; the relationship of religion to the state; government language policies; and informal relationships and practices"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPost-communism _xEconomic aspects _zEurope, Eastern.
650		0	_aPost-communism _xEconomic aspects _zRussia (Federation)
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aBeissinger, Mark R., _eeditor of compilation.
700	1		_aKotkin, Stephen, _eeditor of compilation.
942			_2ddc _cBK