What Is the Leninist Legacy? Assessing Twenty Years of Scholarship

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ID4205451
AuthorsJody Laporte, Danielle N Lussier (0000-0002-6732-1322)
Year2011
Volume70
Issue3
Pages637-654
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSlavic Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-6779 • E-ISSN: 2325-7784
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5612/slavicreview.70.3.0637
OpenAlexW2490566997
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited17

In this review essay, Jody LaPorte and Danielle N. Lussier examine the "legacies" paradigm dominating postcommunist scholarship in the social sciences. The legacies paradigm has produced a growing list of factors that qualify as historical antecedents to contemporary outcomes without establishing a set of shared standards to guide comparative analysis. Scholars have paid less attention to developing a conceptual definition of legacy, thereby limiting our ability to evaluate the importance of historical factors versus more proximate causes. This critique presents a thoughtful analysis of the communist legacy, develops a typology that can be used to categorize legacy variables for meaningful comparison, and brings the concept into discussion with the broader literature on historical institutions and path dependency. By suggesting tools to aid comparative study, LaPorte and Lussier's goal is to stimulate both conceptual and empirical analysis in evaluating the effect of communism on contemporary outcomes

Categorization · Communism · Conceptual framework · Economic geography · Epistemology · Geography · Path dependency · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Typology · Anthropology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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