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Debates on the Future of Communism

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Vladimir Tismaneanu

    1. Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, USA
      University of Maryland, USA

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  2. Judith Shapiro

    1. Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, USA
      University of Pennsylvania, USA
      Villanova University, USA

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Strengths and Weaknesses of Communist States Today

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Communism’s Strength: Democracy’s Weakness

      • Ferenc Fehér
      Pages 3-9

    3. Sources of Strength and Stress

      • Mihailo Markovic
      Pages 10-18

    4. From Paralysis to Self-Destruction

      • Carlos Franqui
      Pages 19-22

    5. Sandinismo and War: Dynamics of Militarism in Revolutionary Nicaragua

      • Humberto Belli
      Pages 23-33

    6. A Dangerous Civilization

      • Eduard Kuznetsov
      Pages 34-37

    7. Crocodiles Cannot Fly

      • Alexander Zinoviev
      Pages 38-41

  3. Can Communist States Reform?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. The Paradigm of the Boots

      • Miklós Haraszti
      Pages 45-49

    3. Toward Post-Totalitarianism

      • Agnes Heller
      Pages 50-55

    4. Socialist Democracy: A Question of Survival

      • Franz Loeser
      Pages 56-61

    5. Castro’s Cuba in the Gorbachev Era

      • Carlos Alberto Montaner
      Pages 62-69

    6. A Future Without Communism

      • Ivan Sviták
      Pages 70-82

    7. Reforms Are Possible

      • Doan Van Toai
      Pages 83-90

  4. Unofficial Movements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Poland: Rebuilding Social Life

      • Jakub Karpinski
      Pages 93-105

    3. The Emerging Civil Society

      • Zagorka Golubovic
      Pages 106-115

    4. Charter 77 and Other Independent Movements

      • Jan Kavan
      Pages 116-128

    5. Dissent in Yugoslavia

      • Aleksa Djilas
      Pages 129-134
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A collection of essays analyzing the future of communism in the light of contemporary reforms. A number of critical intellectuals who have personally experienced the communist system, present a number of analyses ranging from the optimistic to the foreboding.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, USA

    Vladimir Tismaneanu, Judith Shapiro

  • University of Maryland, USA

    Vladimir Tismaneanu

  • University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Judith Shapiro

  • Villanova University, USA

    Judith Shapiro

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