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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  The Waning of the Communist State: Economic Origins of Political Decline in China and Hungary
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This collection of essays offers a compelling explanation for the decline of communism in the two countries that went the furthest with economic reforms--China and Hungary. Articulating a vision of change that serves as a counterpoint to the prevailing emphasis on citizen resistance and protest, the contributors focus instead on the declining organizational integrity of the centralized party-state. The essays illuminate a quiet revolution from within that beset the two regimes after they chose to reform their economies and make concessions to the private sector. The nine contributors, three each from the disciplines of sociology, political science, and anthropology, examine key trends that appeared in both countries. The chapters trace political consequences of economic reform that range from the decline of the central state's fiscal dominance to the revitalization of long-suppressed ethnic loyalties. Book News Annotation:Revised papers from a 1992 conference describe the quiet revolution
from within the communist parties of China and Hungary in the wake of
economic reform, looking at departures from the planned economy and
concessions to the private sector from sociological, political
science, and anthropological perspectives. They examine key trends
such as the weakening of the party center's authority and the
creation of new ties between party-state officials, tracing the
political consequences of economic reform in the two countries.
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