POLITICAL TRANSITION IN FORMER COMMUNIST STATES
POLITICAL TRANSITION IN FORMER COMMUNIST STATES

Summary/Abstract: THIS ARTICLE INTENDS TO PRESENT AN ANALYSIS OF TRANSITION IN POSTCOMMUNIST COUNTRIES. THE PERSPECTIVE USED IS ALSO A "POSTCOMMUNIST" ONE IN THAT IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN TAKEN AS IMPORTANT OR RELEVANT IN DISCUSSIONS OF THE ISSUE - NAMELY, EACH POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRY IS DIFFERENT EVEN THOUGH THEY ALL HAD THE SAME SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. THUS, IT IS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO SEE WHY SIMILAR COUNTRIES HAVE DIFFERENT FORMS OF TRANSITION, BUT ALSO HOW WE CAN UNDERSTAND THESE DIFFERENCES.ACCORDING TO THIS ANALYSIS, AN ADEQUATE ANSWER COULD ONLY BE OBTAINED BY STUDYING TRANSITION FROM THE EVENTS THAT BRING ALL THESE COUNTRIES TOGETHER, BUT ALSO FROM THOSE THAT SEPARATE THEM. THIS KIND OF SEPARATION IS INTERESTING FOR CURRENT ANALYSES, BECAUSE IT INVOLVES A NUMBER OF VARIABLES THAT OPERATE DIFFERENTLY IN EACH POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRY AND BRING SPECIFIC OBSTACLES TO THE TRANSITION THAT FOLLOWS

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