Liberalization and Leninist Legacies: Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Transitions Edited by Beverly Crawford and Arend Lijphart 1997, ISBN: 0-87725-196-7 SUGGESTED CITATION: Beverly Crawford and Arend Lijphart, ed. Liberalization and Leninist Legacies: Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Transitions. University of California International and Area Studies Digital Collection, Research Series #96, 1997. http://repositories.cdlib.org/uciaspubs/research/96 This work has been peer reviewed.

This volume looks at how the shadow of the past affects the creation of new capitalist democracies in the former Communist world. It not only examines the question of former Communists again holding public office and managing firms, but also looks to the deeper consideration of culture: Do Leninist legacies leave the former Communist world with a political culture that shies away from the public debate and political participation so vital to a robust democracy? The authors examine these issues in comparative perspective, asking whether Leninism was unique and how other new democracies emerging from an authoritarian past are adversely affected by legacies of repression and dictatorship.

Contents

Front Matter, including Acknowledgments, Beverly Crawford and Arend Lijphart (p. i-ix)

Old Legacies, New Institutions: Explaining Political and Economic Trajectories in Post-Communist Regimes, Beverly Crawford and Arend Lijphart (p. 1-39)

Politicians, Parties, and Presidents: An Exploration of Post-Authoritarian Institutional Design, Matthew Soberg Shugart (p. 40-90)

Foreign Experts, Capitalists, and Competing Agendas: Privatization in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, Connie Squires Meaney (p. 91-124)

Social Engineering and Historical Legacies: Privatization and the Business Elite in Hungary and the Czech Republic, Ákos Róna-Tas (p. 126-141)

A Comparative Perspective on the Leninist Legacy in Eastern Europe, Barbara Geddes (p. 142-183)

Legacies of the Past or New Institutions: The Struggle over Restitution in HungaryLegacies of the Past or New Institutions: The Struggle over Restitution in Hungary, Ellen Comisso (p. 184-227)

The Leninist Legacy, Institutional Change, and Post-Soviet Russia, Stephen E. Hanson (p. 228-252)

About the Authors, Beverly Crawford and Arend Lijphart (p. 253)