Twenty Years of Postcommunism
The Other Transition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6286593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina Mungiu‐pippidi (0000-0001-9472-9852, Hertie School, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 120-127 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.0.0141 |
| OpenAlex | W1991899914 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 2 |
The paper argues that the history of the postcommunist transition can be rewritten as a renegotiation of a social contract between state and society after Communism. A strong state based on coercion alone is not sustainable, as it is not based on a social contract. Repression is costly, and once the global order of communism broke down, communist regimes, lacking legitimacy, vanished. The communist state’s strength and the extent to which it invaded the private lives of its citizens varied greatly across Eastern Europe; so did the autonomy of the society. This was no simple linear relationship. But the relationship between state and society under communism best explains the divergent paths taken by the former communist countries after 1989
Autonomy · Coercion (linguistics · Communism · Communist state · Economic history · Economic system · Economics · Legitimacy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social contract · Sociology · State (computer science · Law · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition · Russia and Soviet political economy · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |