Legacies of the Collapse of Marxism

Download or read book Legacies of the Collapse of Marxism written by John H. Moore and published by Univ Publ Assn. This book was released on 1994-11-08 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A penetrating study by prominent authors of the aftermath of the collapse of Marxism. Rudolf Andorka discusses the causes of the collapse of the Communist system; Francis Kukuyama looks at the varieties of Russian nationalism; Craig Calhoun addresses the interaction of nationalism, civil society, and democracy; James M. Buchanan analyzes the implications for economies in transition of the asymmetrical reciprocity in market exchange; Robert Conquest discusses academe and the Soviet myth; and Seymour Martin Lipset concludes with the question of why we did not anticipate the failure of Communism.