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Author:   Christiane Lemke ,  Gary Marks
Publisher:   Duke University Press
Imprint:   Duke University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780822311973

ISBN 10:   0822311976
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   31 October 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface ix From Decline to Demise? The Fate of Socialism in Europe / Christiane Lemke and Gary Marks 1 Reviewing the Socialist Tradition / Geoff Eley 21 Revolution and Counterrevolution in Eastern Europe / Norman M. Naimark 61 The Crisis of Socialism in Central and Eastern Europe and Socialism's Future / Sharon L. Wolchik 84 Classes and Parties in the Transition to Postcommunism: The Case of Hungary, 1989-1990 / Ivan Szelenyoi and Szonja Szelenyi 114 After the Golden Age: Is Social Democracy Doomed to Decline? / Wolfgang Merkel 136 The West German Left in a Changing Europe: Between Intellectual Stagnation and Redefining Identity / Andrei S. Markovits 171 The Socialist Discourse and Party Strategy in West European Democracies / Herbert Kitschelt 191 Toward a Postsocialist Politics? A Historical Postscript / Konrad H. Jarausch 228 Contributors 241 Index 245

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The Crisis of Socialism in Europe is most helpful in its historical analysis of the rise of communist states in Europe and its reminder of the difficulties in establishing a viable social alternative. <br>--Alejandro Colas, Millennium

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Christiane Lemke is on the Political Science faculty on the Freie Universitat of Berlin. Gary Marks is Professor of Political Science and founding Director of the Center for European Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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