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Should Transitologists Be Grounded?
Abstract
The collapse of state socialism in eastern Europe has led to a proliferation of studies analyzing aspects of democratization throughout the region. Central to many of these studies (particularly those by nonspecialists) is an assumption that postcommunism is but a variation on a larger theme, that is, recent transitions from authoritarian to democratic rule.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bunce, V.
- Venue
- Slavic Review
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1995
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 111-127
- ISSN
- 0037-6779 (ISSN-L)
- 2325-7784
- OpenAlex
- W2318255193
- Cited by
- 372
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 33.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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