WHEN IS POSTCOMMUNISM OVER?

  • О. Romanyuk
Keywords: postcommunism; transitional society; social system; political regime; democracy; authoritarianism; totalitarianism

Abstract

In this article,  the problem of postcommunism time limits is considered. The author, treating postcommunism as a transition period from the left-totalitarian model of social organization to a new one concludes that it is over in those countries where the communist regimes collapsed at the turn of 1980-1990 years. Although various postcommunist countries have acquired different parameters of their political, economic, socio-cultural systems, a new noncommunist quality of social relations hаs already established itself.

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Published
2018-06-17
How to Cite
RomanyukО. (2018). WHEN IS POSTCOMMUNISM OVER?. The Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Issues of Political Science, 32, 5-9. Retrieved from https://periodicals.karazin.ua/politology/article/view/10904
Issue
Vol. 32 (2017): Issues of Political Science
Section
POLITICAL THEORY

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