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In this collection, top scholars of Soviet and post-Soviet studies convene to explore communism's aftermath. They consider state building and consitutionalism; the transition to market capitalism and democracy across Eastern Europe; the political development of Muslim states; the complex and differential developments of electoral systems; the risks and opportunities of nationalism; and new political and economic activities in Russia, from corruption to contracts. Editor Donald Kelley introduces the volume with a synthesis of the theoretical and empirical findings of the volume, and his brief chapter introductions place each contribution in relation to the other essays and to larger debates on democratization.

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Established, respected scholars of communist and postcommunist political systems provide state-of-the-art assessments of the status of the Russian and Central Asian political systems-and of Western scholarship on them. A synthesis of current understanding of the processes of political transition underway across much of the post-Soviet space. --Roger Kanet, editor of The Post-Communist States in the World Community

Just the type of book I have been looking for that deals with ideas in U.S. history I do not think I have seen other books on this. -Donna D. King, Virginia State University Wonderfully written....This immensely informative and detailed history of social thought...provides a challenging perspective on what it is (or what people have thought it is) to be human. --Kirkus Reviews Degler has produced a brilliant synthesis of our national preoccupation with the nature of human beings and what that has meant in our democracy. --Los Angeles Times A scholarly, dispassionate, historical examination of the nature vs. nurture controversy....Wide-ranging. --Publishers Weekly Masterful....Impressive intellectual history....[Degler] makes his case forcefully and articulately. --The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Donald R. Kelley is the director of the Fulbright Institute of International Relations at the University of Arkansas. His many books include Politics in Russia and the Successor States (Harcourt Brace, 1999).

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