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Twenty years of political transition

What explains the divergent political paths that the post-communist countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have followed since the fall of the Berlin Wall? While some appear today to be consolidated democracies, others have all the features of consolidated autocracy. This study reviews the patterns of change and examines correlates of progress towards democracy. Variation across post-communist countries in the degree of democracy twenty years after the start of transition can be parsimoniously explained by two variables: the length of time the country spent under a communist regime and - within the former Soviet Union, but not Eastern Europe - the proportion of Muslim adherents in the population.

ISBN: 978-92-9230-266-5

Language: Englisch

Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2010/31

Classification: Wirtschaft
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training: Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Political Economy; Property Rights
Comparative Studies of Countries
Other Economic Systems: Political Economy; Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies

Subject: democracy
transition
post-communism
Islam

Event: Geistige Schöpfung

(who): Treisman, Daniel

Event: Veröffentlichung

(who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

(where): Helsinki

(when): 2010

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/54043

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Treisman, Daniel
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

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