The year 2019 marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin wall. This symbolic event led to German unification and the collapse of communist party rule in countries of the Soviet-led Eastern bloc. Since then, the post-communist countries of Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe have tied their post-communist transition to deep integration into the West, including EU accession. Most of the states in Central and Eastern Europe have been able to relatively successfully transform their previous communist political and economic systems. In contrast, the non-Baltic post-Soviet states have generally been less successful in doing so. This book, with an internationally respected list of contributors, seeks to address and compare those diverse developments in communist and post-communist countries and their relationship with the West from various angles. The book has three parts. The first part addresses the progress of post-communist transition in comparative terms, including regional focus on Eastern and South Eastern Europe, CIS and Central Asia. The second focuses on Russia and its foreign relationship, and internal politics. The third explores in detail economies and societies in Central Asia. The final part of the book draws some historical comparisons of recent issues in post-communism with the past experiences.
Author(s): Alexandr Akimov, Gennadi Kazakevitch
Series: Palgrave Studies In Economic History
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 442
Tags: Economic History
Foreword......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 14
1 30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Trends and the Current State of Communism and Post-communism in Europe and Asia......Page 16
References......Page 23
Part I How Communism and Post-Communism are Tracking......Page 26
Introduction......Page 27
Why Economic Freedom Data?......Page 29
Why Cluster Analysis?......Page 35
References......Page 43
Introduction......Page 44
Creating New Nations and Market-Based Economies......Page 46
The Resource Boom......Page 52
Seeking Diversification......Page 57
Challenges and Conclusions......Page 60
Conclusion......Page 63
Appendix: The Kashgar–Osh–Uzbekistan Railway......Page 65
References......Page 68
Introduction......Page 70
EUropeanisation with an Ever-Increasing Number and Toughness of Conditions......Page 73
Can They Ever Be EUropeanised?......Page 81
Conclusion......Page 89
References......Page 90
Introduction......Page 96
Albanian OC......Page 98
Bulgarian OC......Page 100
Russian OC......Page 102
Serbian OC......Page 104
Chinese OC......Page 106
Vietnamese OC......Page 109
North Korean OC......Page 110
Comparative Impact of OC on Business......Page 112
Drivers of OC......Page 113
Collapse of Communism......Page 114
Globalisation......Page 115
Conclusion......Page 116
References......Page 119
Part II Values, Security and Foreign Policy in Russia......Page 127
The Cold War Paradigm......Page 128
The Fall of the Soviet Empire......Page 132
NATO Expansion......Page 134
The War on Terror......Page 138
Reset vs Overload......Page 141
Deep Freeze......Page 143
References......Page 146
A Troubled Past......Page 150
Russia’s “Instrumentalism”......Page 152
Middle East Catalysts......Page 154
The Balance......Page 155
The IRGC v Rouhani......Page 157
Fatal Flaw......Page 159
References......Page 161
Introduction......Page 162
(Dis-)Integrative Power of Energy in EAEU......Page 167
Institutionalisation of Eurasian Energy Integration......Page 171
Asymmetry of Interests in Eurasian Energy Integration......Page 174
Institutionalisation of Energy Integration in EU......Page 176
Ideas and Realities of European Energy Integration......Page 181
Asymmetry of Interests in European Energy Integration......Page 183
Conclusion and Policy Implications......Page 188
Appendix......Page 191
References......Page 195
Introduction......Page 202
Political Communication and Digital Media......Page 204
Populist Style of Communication......Page 205
Navalny’s Communication: Roles, Purposes, and Messages......Page 207
Framing......Page 209
Sampling and Extraction......Page 210
Elections......Page 211
House......Page 214
Rubles......Page 215
Truth......Page 216
Russia......Page 218
The Frames of Navalny’s Communication......Page 219
Conclusion......Page 220
References......Page 221
Part III Economy and Society in Central Asia......Page 225
Introduction......Page 226
Are Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Comparable to Singapore?......Page 228
Initial Conditions......Page 229
Key Principles of Successful Reforms in Singapore......Page 232
Assessing Reforms in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Vis-à-Vis Singapore......Page 237
Conclusion......Page 247
References......Page 248
Introduction......Page 252
Conceptual Framework......Page 253
Food Consumption Survey......Page 255
Fruit and Vegetable Market Survey......Page 257
Fruit and Vegetable Intake Level......Page 259
Fruit and Vegetable Price Index......Page 261
Fruit and Vegetable Intake Model......Page 264
Results and Discussion......Page 266
Conclusion......Page 273
References......Page 274
Introduction......Page 279
Literature Review......Page 282
Data......Page 286
Methodology......Page 289
Conclusion and Policy Recommendations......Page 291
References......Page 292
Introduction......Page 297
Terminological Axiom......Page 299
Constitutional and Statutory Provisions......Page 300
Language and Other Naturalization Requirements......Page 301
General Statutory Prohibition of Discrimination......Page 303
Ethnic Minorities and Their Rights in the Context of Citizenship......Page 304
The Principle of Reduction of Statelessness......Page 306
Sub-conclusion......Page 307
Similarities and Variations of Language Policies Across the Region......Page 308
Current Constitutional and Statutory Provisions......Page 309
Sub-conclusion......Page 310
Social Practices......Page 311
Conclusion......Page 312
References......Page 313
Part IV East and West: History, Liberalism, Culture and Political Change......Page 317
Bauman: A Chronicle of Our Age......Page 318
Emotions and Hospitality......Page 321
Point of Departure: Levinas’ L’inquiétante étrangeté......Page 323
Liberal and Illiberal Dilemmas......Page 326
Contemptuous Passions......Page 328
Can We Tolerate the Intolerant Like Bauman?......Page 330
References......Page 332
Introduction......Page 334
Socialism in One Country......Page 336
State Socialism Under Siege......Page 338
NEP with Chinese Characteristics......Page 343
Socialism in One China......Page 345
Learning from Failure......Page 347
Classes and the State......Page 350
Transitional, Contender State......Page 351
References......Page 353
Introduction......Page 359
Revolutionary Legal Change: Definition......Page 362
February Revolution of 1917......Page 364
Overview......Page 370
Demolition of the Old Legal System......Page 374
Extra-Judicial Bodies......Page 379
Constitution 1918 (RSFSR): The Same Basic Norm—‘Commands’ of the Congress of Soviets......Page 384
Formation of the USSR: The Same Basic Norm......Page 385
Dissolution of Soviet Legal Order in the USSR......Page 389
Dissolution of Soviet Legal Order: The RSFSR......Page 393
The Great Terror of 1937......Page 399
Post-Stalin Soviet Union......Page 405
References......Page 407
Introduction......Page 411
‘Fleeing Communism’ and Australia’s Anti-communist Agenda......Page 413
The End of ‘White Australia’......Page 416
Yugoslav Migration During the Cold War......Page 418
Vietnamese Migration: The First ‘Boat People’......Page 424
The Cold War’s End and Yugoslavia’s Dissolution......Page 425
Conclusion......Page 427
References......Page 428
Index......Page 432
