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Author:   Nina Bandelj (Associate Professor of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology, UC-Irvine) ,  Dorothy J. Solinger (Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, UC-Irvine)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.601kg
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9780199895977

ISBN 10:   019989597
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   27 September 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements About the Contributors Introduction Post-Socialist Trajectories in Comparative Perspective, by Nina Bandelj and Dorothy J. Solinger Part 1: Re-institutionalizing Politics Chapter 1 - Two Waves of Democratic Change in Post-communist Europe and Eurasia, by Valerie Bunce and Sharon Wolchik Chapter 2 - China Politics Twenty Years Later, by Joseph Fewsmith Part 2: Recasting State-Society Relations Chapter 3 - Post-socialist Cleansing in Eastern Europe: Purity and Danger in Transitional Justice, by Katherine Verdery Chapter 4 - Responsive Authoritarianism and Blind-Eye Governance in China, by Robert P. Weller Part 3: Reforming Economic Systems Chapter 5 - Notes on the Geopolitical Economy of Post-State-Socialism, by József Böröcz Chapter 6 - The 1989 Watershed in China: How the Dynamics of Economic Transition Changed, by Barry Naughton Part 4: Transforming Economic Behavior Chapter 7 - The Rise of Consumer Credit in Post-Communist Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, by Akos Rona-Tas Chapter 8 - Financing Constraints on Private Sector in Post-Socialist China, by Yasheng Huang Part 5: Reshaping Social Institutions Chapter 9 - Changing Family Formation Behavior in Post-socialist Countries: Similarities, Divergences and Explanations, by Theodore P. Gerber Chapter 10 - Communist Resilience: Institutional Adaptations in Post-Tiananmen China, by Wang Feng and Su Yang Postscript The Fate of the State after 1989: Eastern Europe and China Compared, by Nina Bandelj and Dorothy J. Solinger

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<br> Bandelj specializes in East European studies and Solinger in China Studies. ... Together the contributions span a wide topical range... -- CHOICE<p><br>

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Nina Bandelj is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. Bandelj is past Chair of the Social Transformations and Sociology of Development research committee of the International Sociological Association, and currently serves as Editor of Socio-Economic Review. Dorothy Solinger is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Contesting Citizenship in Urban China, winner of the 2001 Joseph R. Levenson Prize, and States' Gains, Labor's Losses, a 2009 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.

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