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020			_a9781139565028 (ebook)
020			_z9781107035539 (hardback)
020			_z9781107651135 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHX45 _b.W49 2013
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245	0	0	_aWhy Communism Did Not Collapse : _bUnderstanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe / _cedited by Martin K. Dimitrov.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (390 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis volume brings together a distinguished group of scholars working to address the puzzling durability of communist autocracies in Eastern Europe and Asia, which are the longest-lasting type of non-democratic regime to emerge after World War I. The volume conceptualizes the communist universe as consisting of the ten regimes in Eastern Europe and Mongolia that eventually collapsed in 1989–91, and the five regimes that survived the fall of the Berlin Wall: China, Vietnam, Laos, North Korea and Cuba. The essays offer a theoretical argument that emphasizes the importance of institutional adaptations as a foundation of communist resilience. In particular, the contributors focus on four adaptations: of the economy, of ideology, of the mechanisms for inclusion of potential rivals, and of the institutions of vertical and horizontal accountability. The volume argues that when regimes are no longer able to implement adaptive change, contingent leadership choices and contagion dynamics make collapse more likely.
700	1		_aDimitrov, Martin K., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107035539
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565028
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37363 _d37363