Concise Field Guide to Post-Communist Regimes

Actors, Institutions, and Dynamics

AvBálint Magyar,Bálint Madlovics

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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While the literature of hybrid regimes has given up the presumption that post-communist countries must democratize, its language and concepts still mostly relate to Western democracies. Magyar and Madlovics strongly argue for a vocabulary and grammar tailored to the specifics of the region. In 120 theses they unfold a conceptual framework with (1) a typology of post-communist regimes and (2) a detailed presentation of ideal-type actors and the political, economic, and social phenomena in these regimes. The book is a more digestible companion to the 800-page The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes (CEU Press, 2020), which was a detailed theoretical study with plenty of empirical illustrations. Each of the 120 theses contains a statement and its concise discussion supported by illustrative tables, figures, and QR-codes that connect the interested reader to the more detailed analysis in the Anatomy. In a condensed variety, this book has kept the holistic approach of the Anatomy and treats the spheres of political, market, and communal action as parts of a single, coherent whole. The endeavor to synthesize a vast range of ideas does not, however, result in a too complicated text. On the contrary, freed from the implicit presumptions of democracy theory, the new terminology yields a readily usable toolkit of unambiguous means of expression to speak about post-communism.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-09-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Central European University Press
ISBN:9789633865873

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Bálint Magyar is Research Fellow at CEU Democracy Institute, working on the subject of patronalism in post-communist countries.He was a member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990-2010). As a Minister of Education (1996-1998; 2002-2006) he initiated and carried out reforms in public and higher education.Bálint Madlovics (*1993) is a political scientist and economist. He is a junior research fellow at the CEU Democracy Institute. He holds MA in Political Science (2018) from Central European University in Budapest, and BA in Applied Economics (2016) from Corvinus University of Budapest.

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Foreword: A New Paradigm for Understanding Post-Communist Regimes Oleksandr Fisun User's guide to the bookI. The Conceptual Framework: 120 Propositions Trapped in the Language of Liberal Democracy Dissolving Axiom #1: Stubborn Structures and the Region's Development Dissolving Axiom #2: Formality and Informality Dissolving Axiom #3: From Constitutional State to the Mafia State A Sui Generis Phenomenon: the Adopted Political Family The Formal Institutional Setting: Changing Patterns of Legitimacy Legislation and the Legal System: From the Rule of Law to the Law of Rule Defensive Mechanisms: Stability and Erosion of Democracies and Autocracies Relational Economics: Corruption, Predation, and the Redistribution of Markets Market-Exploiting Dictatorship: Coexistence of the Three Economic Mechanisms in China Clientage Society and the Social Stability of Patronal Autocracy Populism: an Ideological Instrument for the Political Program of Morally Unconstrained Collective Egoism Beyond Regime Specificities: Country-, Policy-, and Era-Specific Features Post-Communist Regime Trajectories: A Triangular FrameworkII. Trajectories of Twelve Post-Communist Regimes Estonia: Regime Change to Liberal Democracy Romania: Regime Change to Patronal Democracy Kazakhstan: Regime Change to Patronal Autocracy China: Model Change to Market-Exploiting Dictatorship Czech Republic: Backsliding Toward Patronal Democracy Poland: Backsliding Toward Conservative Autocracy Hungary: Backsliding to Patronal Autocracy from Liberal Democracy Russia: Backsliding to Patronal Autocracy from Oligarchic Anarchy Ukraine: Regime Cycles with Color Revolutions North Macedonia: Regime Cycle with Intra-Elite Conflict Moldova: Regime Cycles with Foreign Interference Georgia: An Attempt to Break the Regime Cycle, Notes, About the Authors