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Transcript of Chapter 8: Current and Former Communist Regimes. Copyright 2015 Cengage.
Chapter 8: Current and
Former Communist Regimes
Copyright © 2015 Cengage
Copyright © 2015 Cengage
Copyright © 2015 Cengage
Crisis? Which Crisis?• Lingering impact of Communism• Hybrid regimes
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Thinking About Current andFormer Communist Regimes
• The bottom lineoWho to include?o The Leninist StateoCommand economies
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Thinking About Current andFormer Communist Regimes
• Transitions• Raised stakes/big questions
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Thinking About Current andFormer Communist Regimes
• Key questionsoHow do strong regimes collapse quickly?oWhy have communist systems survived?oWhat are the political implications of
economic reform?oWhy have countries evolved differently?oWhy more serious challenges?oDo Marxism and socialism have a viable
future?
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Socialism, Marxism, and Leninism
• Socialism• Marxism• Marxism-Leninism
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Socialism, Marxism, and Leninism
• Stalinism• Expansion• De-Stalinization
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The Marxist-Leninist State• The party state
o Secretariato Politburo
• The graying of Communism
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The Crisis of Communism:Suicide by Public Policy
• Reform: too little, too late• 1989: the year that changed the world• The remnants of the communist world
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Transitions • Economic collapse• Ethnic conflict• Hybrid regimes• Domestic and international causes
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The Media• Censorship• Technological advances
oMore open media
