Subject: Communism
July 1994, Volume 5, Issue 3
Rethinking Civil Society: Postcommunism and the Problem of Trust
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April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
Is Russian Democracy Doomed? A Communist Setback
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April 1994, Volume 5, Issue 2
The Key Role of the Working Class
A review of Capitalist Development and Democracy, by Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyne Huber Stephens, and John D. Stephens.
January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
A Communist Comeback? The Dissolution of Solidarity
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January 1994, Volume 5, Issue 1
A Communist Comeback? Poland’s Longing for Paternalism
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October 1993, Volume 4, Issue 4
The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: The Cruel Face of Nationalism
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July 1993, Volume 4, Issue 3
Politics After Communism: Ukraine—A View from Within
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October 1992, Volume 3, Issue 4
Eastern Europe After Communism
A review of After the Fall: The Pursuit of Democracy in Central Europe, by Jeffery Goldfarb and Reinventing Politics: Eastern Europe from Stalin to Havel, by Vladimir Tismaneanu.
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
The Editors’ introduction to the Journal of Democracy‘s special issue marking the fiftieth anniversary of Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph Schumpeter.
July 1992, Volume 3, Issue 3
Marx, Schumpeter, and the East Asian Experience
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April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Problems of Postcommunism: Civil Society Then and Now
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April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Problems of Postcommunism: Toward a Civil Economy
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April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Problems of Postcommunism: The Military Under Democracy
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April 1992, Volume 3, Issue 2
Problems of Postcommunism: The Battle of the Trade Unions
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Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3
Third World Communism in Crisis: Castro’s Last Stand
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Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3
Third World Communism in Crisis: Reform Runs Aground in Vietnam
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Summer 1990, Volume 1, Issue 3
Third World Communism in Crisis: The Fall of Afro-Marxism
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Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
Tiananmen and Beyond: China’s Great Leap Backward
This past spring the world looked on in wonder as millions filled the streets of Beijing and 80 other Chinese cities, defying the Communist regime and demanding democracy.
Winter 1990, Volume 1, Issue 1
The Crumbling of the Soviet Bloc: Squaring the Soviet Circle
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