Transitions and Non-Transitions from Communism

by Saxonberg, Steven

• ISBN13: 9781107023888
• ISBN10: 1107023882
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-03-29
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, many scholars have sought to explain the collapse of communism. Yet, more than two decades on, communist regimes continue to rule in a diverse set of countries including China, Cuba, North Korea and Vietnam. In a unique study of fourteen countries, Steven Saxonberg explores the reasons for the survival of some communist regimes while others fell. He also shows why the process of collapse differed among communist-led regimes in Europe, Africa and Latin America. Based on the analysis of the different processes of collapse that has already taken place and taking into account the special characteristics of the remaining communist regimes, Transitions and Non-Transitions from Communism discusses the future prospects for the survival of the regimes in China, Cuba, North Korea and Vietnam.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Communist regime types

Nationalism and patrimonial communism

Ideology and opposition to communism

Revolutionary potential and revolutionary outcomes

Transitions without revolutions

Non-transitions among maturing countries

Non-transition and patrimonial communism

What next?

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