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While the literature of hybrid regimes has given up the presumption that post-communist countries must democratize, its language and concepts still mostly relate to Western democracies. Magyar and Madlovics strongly argue for a vocabulary and grammar tailored to the specifics of the region. In 120 theses they unfold a conceptual framework with (1) a typology of post-communist regimes and (2) a detailed presentation of ideal-type actors and the political, economic, and social phenomena in these regimes. The book is a more digestible companion to the 800-page The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes (CEU Press, 2020), which was a detailed theoretical study with plenty of empirical illustrations.
Each of the 120 theses contains a statement and its concise discussion supported by illustrative tables, figures, and QR-codes that connect the interested reader to the more detailed analysis in the Anatomy. In a condensed variety, this book has kept the holistic approach of the Anatomy and treats the spheres of political, market, and communal action as parts of a single, coherent whole. The endeavor to synthesize a vast range of ideas does not, however, result in a too complicated text. On the contrary, freed from the implicit presumptions of democracy theory, the new terminology yields a readily usable toolkit of unambiguous means of expression to speak about post-communism.
Contents
Foreword: A New Paradigm for Understanding Post-Communist Regimes Oleksandr Fisun User's guide to the bookI. The Conceptual Framework: 120 Propositions Trapped in the Language of Liberal Democracy Dissolving Axiom #1: Stubborn Structures and the Region's Development Dissolving Axiom #2: Formality and Informality Dissolving Axiom #3: From Constitutional State to the Mafia State A Sui Generis Phenomenon: the Adopted Political Family The Formal Institutional Setting: Changing Patterns of Legitimacy Legislation and the Legal System: From the Rule of Law to the Law of Rule Defensive Mechanisms: Stability and Erosion of Democracies and Autocracies Relational Economics: Corruption, Predation, and the Redistribution of Markets Market-Exploiting Dictatorship: Coexistence of the Three Economic Mechanisms in China Clientage Society and the Social Stability of Patronal Autocracy Populism: an Ideological Instrument for the Political Program of Morally Unconstrained Collective Egoism Beyond Regime Specificities: Country-, Policy-, and Era-Specific Features Post-Communist Regime Trajectories: A Triangular FrameworkII. Trajectories of Twelve Post-Communist Regimes Estonia: Regime Change to Liberal Democracy Romania: Regime Change to Patronal Democracy Kazakhstan: Regime Change to Patronal Autocracy China: Model Change to Market-Exploiting Dictatorship Czech Republic: Backsliding Toward Patronal Democracy Poland: Backsliding Toward Conservative Autocracy Hungary: Backsliding to Patronal Autocracy from Liberal Democracy Russia: Backsliding to Patronal Autocracy from Oligarchic Anarchy Ukraine: Regime Cycles with Color Revolutions North Macedonia: Regime Cycle with Intra-Elite Conflict Moldova: Regime Cycles with Foreign Interference Georgia: An Attempt to Break the Regime Cycle, Notes, About the Authors
