Contents

Preface page ix
Acknowledgments xviii

I Out from Europe: the introduction of state socialism,

the Stalinist decades, and revolts against them 1
1 Communist seizure of power, 1944-8 3
2 The closed society in Stalinist state socialism after 1948 39
3 Reforms, revolutions, and the loosening bloc, the 1950s
and 1960s 94
II Temporary success and terminal failure: the
post-Stalinist decades - modernization, erosion,
and collapse 153
4 Post-Stalinist state socialism and its legitimization 155
5 Economic and social performance of state socialism,
1950-89 182
6 Crisis and erosion of state socialism, 1973-88 222
7 The collapse: a revolutionary symphony in four
movements, 1989 254
III Back to Europe? Post-1989 transformation and
pathways to the future 301
8 Building a parliamentary market system 303
9 Economic decline - political challenge - rising nationalism 341
References 382
Names index 401
Subject index 407

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