Social Theory and Postcommunism undertakes a thorough studyof the implications of post-communism for sociological theory.Written by two leading social theorists

Why did the wave of democracy that swept the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe starting more than a decade ago develop in ways unexpected by observers who

Offering a single, coherent framework of the political, economic, and social phenomena that characterize post-communist regimes, this is the most comprehensive

"A joint publication of the Social Science Research Council and New York University Press."

This book examines communist and post-communist literary and visual narratives, including the writings of prominent anti-communist dissidents and exiles such as