| World Order after Leninism Contributor(s): Tismaneanu, Vladimir (Editor), Howard, Marc Morje (Editor), Sil, Rudra (Editor) |
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ISBN: 029598628X ISBN-13: 9780295986289 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $31.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | Essays - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 335.43 |
| LCCN: 2006002428 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.36" W x 9.06" (0.95 lbs) 309 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: World Order after Leninism examines the origins and evolution of world communism and explores how its legacies have shaped the post-Cold War world order. The lessons of Leninism continue to exert a strong influence in contemporary foreign affairs--most visibly in Poland and other post-communist states of the former Soviet Union, but also in China and other newly industrialized states balancing authoritarian impulses against the pressures of globalization, free markets, and democratic possibilities. World Order after Leninism began as a conversation among former students of Ken Jowitt, professor of political science at the University of California at Berkeley from 1970-2002 and whose monumental career transformed the fields of political science, Russian studies, and post-communist studies. Using divergent case studies, the essays in this volume document the ways in which Jowitt's exceptionally original work on Leninism's evolution and consolidation remains highly relevant in analyzing contemporary post-communist and post-authoritarian political transformations. |