Ronald J. Hill is Professor of Soviet Government in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

• Chapter 1 Communist Politics: An Evolutionary Approach, Ronald J. Hill; Chapter 2 The Soviet Union: Gorbachev, and Socialism, Stephen White; Chapter 3 Saints and Demons: Communism, Post-Communism and Political Evolution in Poland, Paul G. Lewis; Chapter 4 China’s Interrupted Evolution, Shaun Breslin; Chapter 5 The State: Has the ‘Withering Away’ Thesis Finally Withered Away?, John Hoffman; Chapter 6 Economic Reform and Political Evolution in Eastern Europe, Martin Myant; Chapter 7 Groups, Interests and Political Aggregation in East Central Europe, Michael Waller; Chapter 8 The Evolution of Party Systems in Eastern Europe, Sten Berglund, Jan Åke Dellenbrant; Chapter 9 Communism and Political Evolution, Adam Westoby, Ronald J. Hill;

Ronald J. Hill is Professor of Soviet Government in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

• Chapter 1 Communist Politics: An Evolutionary Approach, Ronald J. Hill; Chapter 2 The Soviet Union: Gorbachev, and Socialism, Stephen White; Chapter 3 Saints and Demons: Communism, Post-Communism and Political Evolution in Poland, Paul G. Lewis; Chapter 4 China’s Interrupted Evolution, Shaun Breslin; Chapter 5 The State: Has the ‘Withering Away’ Thesis Finally Withered Away?, John Hoffman; Chapter 6 Economic Reform and Political Evolution in Eastern Europe, Martin Myant; Chapter 7 Groups, Interests and Political Aggregation in East Central Europe, Michael Waller; Chapter 8 The Evolution of Party Systems in Eastern Europe, Sten Berglund, Jan Åke Dellenbrant; Chapter 9 Communism and Political Evolution, Adam Westoby, Ronald J. Hill;

Ronald J. Hill is Professor of Soviet Government in Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

• Chapter 1 Communist Politics: An Evolutionary Approach, Ronald J. Hill; Chapter 2 The Soviet Union: Gorbachev, and Socialism, Stephen White; Chapter 3 Saints and Demons: Communism, Post-Communism and Political Evolution in Poland, Paul G. Lewis; Chapter 4 China’s Interrupted Evolution, Shaun Breslin; Chapter 5 The State: Has the ‘Withering Away’ Thesis Finally Withered Away?, John Hoffman; Chapter 6 Economic Reform and Political Evolution in Eastern Europe, Martin Myant; Chapter 7 Groups, Interests and Political Aggregation in East Central Europe, Michael Waller; Chapter 8 The Evolution of Party Systems in Eastern Europe, Sten Berglund, Jan Åke Dellenbrant; Chapter 9 Communism and Political Evolution, Adam Westoby, Ronald J. Hill;