Liberalization and Leninist Legacies: Comparative Perspectives on Democratic Transitions

by Crawford Beverly and Arend Lijphart

The perspectives of transition period of new societies, gained independence in the former Soviet Union after collapse of communism, to democracy are comparatively analyzed in the book "Liberalization and Lenin heritage. Comparative perspectives relating transition to democracy". Various factors defining directions of the transition period, influencing seriously to its development are being commented. In author's opinion, communism collapse creates opportunity for sociologists both to experiment political change theories, and to discover new methods of approach on political and social transition.

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Acknowledgments

• Old Legacies, New Institutions: Explaining Political and Economic Trajectories in Post-Communist Regimes

• Politicians, Parties, and Presidents: An Exploration of Post-Authoritarian Institutional Design

• Foreign Experts, Capitalists, and Competing Agendas: Privatization in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary

• Social Engineering and Historical Legacies: Privatization and the Business Elite in Hungary and the Czech Republic

• A Comparative Perspective on the Leninist Legacy in Eastern Europe

• Legacies of the Past or New Institutions: The Struggle over Restitution in Hungary

• The Leninist Legacy, Institutional Change, and Post-Soviet Russia

Outline of U.S. GOVERNMENT

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Original edition by Richard C.Schroeder. Revised and updated in 1989 by Nathan Glick, who also wrote Chapter 2, Explaining the Constitution. The Federalist Papers. Revised and updated in 2000 by Rosalie Targonski, who also wrote Chapter 6, Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court, Chapter 8, Government of the People: The Role of the Citizen, written for this edition by Robert L.Taylor.

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Table of contents

Chapter 1
The Constitution: An Enduring Document

Chapter 2
Explaining the Constitution: The Federalist Papers

Chapter 3
The Executive Branch: Powers of the Presidency

Chapter 4
The Legislative Branch: The Reach of Congress

Chapter 5
The Judicial Branch: Interpreting the Constitution

Chapter 6
Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court

Chapter 7
A Country of Many Governments

Chapter 8
Government of the People: The Role of the Citizen

Outline of the U.S. ECONOMY

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This volume was prepared for the U.S.Department of State by Christopher Conte, a former editor and reporter for the Wall Street Journal, with Albert R.Karr, a former Wall Street Journal reporter. It updates several previous editions that were issued by the U.S. Information Agency beginning in 1981.

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Table of contents

Chapter 1
Continuity and Change

Chapter 2
How the U.S. Economy Works

Chapter 3
The U.S. Economy: A Brief History

Chapter 4
Small Business and the Corporation

Chapter 5
Stocks, Commodities, and Markets

Chapter 6
The Role of the Government in the Economy

Chapter 7
Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Chapter 8
American Agriculture: Its Changing Significance

Chapter 9
Labor in America: The Worker’s Role

Chapter 10
Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies

Chapter 11
Afterword: Beyond Economics

Chapter 12
Glossary of Economic Terms

THE DEMOCRACY PAPERS

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2. Greg Russell
Constitutionalism: America and Beyong

3. D.Grier Stephenson, Jr.
The principals of democratic elections

4. David J.Bodenhammer
Federalism and Democracy

5. Gordon Morris Bakken
Creation of Law in a Democratic Society

6. Philippa Strum
The Rol of an Independent Judiciary

7. Richard M.Pios
The Power of Presidency

8. John W.Johnson
The Rol of a Free Media

9. R.Allen Hays
The Rol of Interests Groups

10. Rodney A.Smolla
The Pupils Right to Know: Transparency in Government Institutions

11. Tinsley Yarbrough
Protecting Minority Rights.

12. Michael F.Cairo
Civilian Control of the Military.

My Turn
Nancy Reagan

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Table of contents

1. "There's been а shooting".
2. Nothing Prepares You
3. Astrology
4. First lady, Dragon Lady
5. Nancy Davis
6. Ronnie
7. Ronald Reagan
8. I Thought I Marred an Actor
9. Our Children
10. А Glorious Defeat (The 1976 Campaign)
11. Victory! 1980
12. On to Washington
13.How We Lived
14. Landslide (1984-85)
15. А Terrible Month
16. Showdown (Donald Reagan and Iran-Contra)
17. The Russians
18.Coming Home