Abstract
The majority of post-communist states are new states, formed as a result of the collapse of all three of the multi-national communist federal states, the USSR, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. In contrast to previous examples of the breakdown of authoritarian rule and the transition to democracy (in, for example, southern Europe and Latin America), the post-communist transitions appear to expose the state itself to the most profound challenge. As Claus Offe has pointedout: ‘At the most fundamental level a “decision�? must be made as to who “we�? are, i.e., a decision on identity, citizenship and the territorial as well as social and cultural boundaries of the state.’1.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Reconstituting the Market |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Political Economy of Microeconomic Transformation |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 32-46 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 0203985052, 9781135297732 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9057023296, 9789057023293 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 1999 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V. Published by license under the Harwood Academic Publishers imprint, part of The Gordon and Breach Publishing Group. All rights reserved.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- General Business,Management and Accounting