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This study provides an assessment of the political and economic "transitions" or "transformations" in Central and Eastern Europe. In order to explore this abundant set of diverse and complex processes, it has adopted a particular perspective, which consists of examining the historical specificity of these processes, particularly the simultaneity of political and economic transitions. At the the same time, it examines how the social sciences have approached and interpreted the processes and how, in return, they have. The study offers a variety of insights into these transformations, in particular on the questions of what "democratic consolidations" actually consist of, as well as the political economy of these transitions, focusing on the precise characterization of the market economies which have emerged from these processes. On the other hand, it also constitutes an in-depth critical appraisal of the methodological principles, models of explanation, and fallacies, of the main approaches or paradigms competing within this research field, especially the "strategic" approach of classical transitology, and the path dependence approach, with its more avant-garde flavour. Thus, the analyses and discussions presented in this collection of essays exceed widely the empirical fields of East European transformations, and of transitology on the whole; as a result this book should contribute to destabilizing routine ways of thinking of social scientists and students far beyond the communities of specialists in these questions.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction: When Transitology Meets Simultaneous Transitions.- I Transitology : the Impact of Eastern European Transformations.- 2. Rival Views of Postcommunist Market Society. The Path Dependence of Transitology.- 3. Paths, Choices, Outcomes, and Uncertainty. Elements for a Critique of Transitological Reason.- 4. The Place of Place in Transitions to Democracy.- 5. Anticipated Institutions: the Power of Path-finding Expectations.- II Elites, Political Games, and the Consolidation of Democracy.- 6. Elite Power Games and Democratic Politics in Central and Eastern Europe.- 7. From Transition to Consolidation. Extending the Concept of Democratization and the Practice of Democracy.- 8. Constitutions and “Good Democracy” in Eastern Europe.- III The Political Economy of Simultaneous Transitions.- 9. The Transformation of State Socialism in Russia: from “Chaotic” Economy to State-led Cooperative Capitalism.- 10. Constituting Markets: the Case of Russia and the Czech Republic.- 11. National Trajectories of Post-socialist Transformation: Is There a Convergence Towards Western Capitalisms?.- 12. Internationalisation: An Issue Neglected in the Path-Dependency Approach to Post-Communist Transformation.

About the Author :
Michel Dobry is Professor of Political Science at the University of Paris X, Nanterre, and Director of the Laboratoire d'Analyse des Systèmes Politiques (CNRS). His works have greatly contributed to the ongoing renewal of the analysis of processes of political crises and, more generally, critical political conjunctures.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780792363316
  • Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
  • Publisher Imprint: Kluwer Academic Publishers
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 277
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Lessons for the Social Sciences
  • ISBN-10: 0792363310
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jun 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: 55 GeoJournal Library
  • Width: 170 mm


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