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Discusses the policies, practices and outcomes of privatization in six transition economies: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovenia and Ukraine, paying particular attention to cross-country differences and to interrelations between the processes of privatisation and the political transition from communism to a new system.The analysis is restricted to the privatisation in those fields where its methods have been strongly different from privatisations in advanced market economies and where differences of privatisation principles and techniques among our six countries were also rather various. This is basically the privatisation of middle-sized and large enterprises, not including banks, non-bank financial companies, natural monopolies and agricultural entities.

Privatization --- Post-communism. --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Post-communism --- E-books --- East-central Europe, Political economy, Postcommunism, Privatization, Transition economies.

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The forms of contemporary society and politics are often understood to be diametrically opposed to any expression of the supernatural; what happens when those forms are themselves regarded as manifestations of spirits and other occult phenomena? In Not Quite Shamans, Morten Axel Pedersen explores how the Darhad people of Northern Mongolia's remote Shishged Valley have understood and responded to the disruptive transition to post socialism by engaging with shamanic beliefs and practices associated with the past. For much of the twentieth century, Mongolia's communist rulers attempted to eradicate shamanism and the shamans who once served as spiritual guides and community leaders. With the transition from a collectivized economy and a one-party state to a global capitalist market and liberal democracy in the 1990's, the people of the Shishged were plunged into a new and harsh world that seemed beyond their control. "Not-quite-shamans"-young, unemployed men whose undirected energies erupted in unpredictable, frightening bouts of violence and drunkenness that seemed occult in their excess- became a serious threat to the fabric of community life. Drawing on long-term fieldwork in Northern Mongolia, Pedersen details how, for many Darhads, the post socialist state itself has become shamanic in nature. In the ideal version of traditional Darhad shamanism, shamans can control when and for what purpose their souls travel, whether to other bodies, landscapes, or worlds. Conversely, caught between uncontrollable spiritual powers and an excessive display of physical force, the "not-quite-shamans" embody the chaotic forms-the free market, neoliberal reform, and government corruption-that have created such upheaval in peoples' lives. As an experimental ethnography of recent political and economic transformations in Mongolia through the defamiliarizing prism of shamans and their lack, Not Quite Shamans is an attempt to write about as well as theorize post socialism, and shamanism, in a new way.

Shamanism --- Post-communism --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Religions --- Political aspects --- Mongolia --- Politics and government --- Shamanism - Political aspects - Mongolia --- Post-communism - Mongolia --- Mongolia - Politics and government - 1992 --- -Shamanism --- Chamanisme --- Postcommunisme --- Aspect politique --- Mongolie --- Politique et gouvernement

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Rethinking Europe's Future is a major reevaluation of Europe's prospects as it enters the twenty-first century. David Calleo has written a book worthy of the complexity and grandeur of the challenges Europe now faces. Summoning the insights of history, political economy, and philosophy, he explains why Europe was for a long time the world's greatest problem and how the Cold War's bipolar partition brought stability of a sort. Without the Cold War, Europe risks revisiting its more traditional history. With so many contingent factors--in particular Russia and Europe's Muslim neighbors--no one, Calleo believes, can pretend to predict the future with assurance. Calleo's book ponders how to think about this future. The book begins by considering the rival ''lessons'' and trends that emerge from Europe's deeper past. It goes on to discuss the theories for managing the traditional state system, the transition from autocratic states to communitarian nation states, the enduring strength of nation states, and their uneasy relationship with capitalism. Calleo next focuses on the Cold War's dynamic legacies for Europe--an Atlantic Alliance, a European Union, and a global economy. These three systems now compete to define the future. The book's third and major section examines how Europe has tried to meet the present challenges of Russian weakness and German reunification. Succeeding chapters focus on Maastricht and the Euro, on the impact of globalization on Europeanization, and on the EU's unfinished business--expanding into ''Pan Europe,'' adapting a hybrid constitution, and creating a new security system. Calleo presents three models of a new Europe--each proposing a different relationship with the U.S. and Russia. A final chapter probes how a strong European Union might affect the world and the prospects for American hegemony. This is a beautifully written book that offers rich insight into a critical moment in our history, whose outcome will shape the world long after our time.

International relations. --- Nationalism --- Security, International. --- Post-communism --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Postcommunism --- Communism --- European Union. --- E.U. --- Europe --- Economic integration.

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"Why do similar postcommunist states respond differently to refugees, with some being more receptive than others? Why do some states privilege certain refugee groups, while other states do not? This book presents a theory to account for this puzzle, and it centers on the role of the politics of nation-building and of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). A key finding of the book is that when the boundaries of a nation are contested (and thus there is no consensus on which group should receive preferential treatment in state policies), a political space for a receptive and nondiscriminatory refugee policy opens up. The book speaks to the broader questions of how nationalism matters after communism, and under what conditions and through what mechanisms international actors can influence domestic polices. The analysis is based on extensive primary research the author conducted in four languages in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine"--

Post-communism --- Refugees --- Nationalism --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Displaced persons --- Persons --- Aliens --- Deportees --- Exiles --- Government policy --- Former communist countries --- Former Soviet bloc --- Second world (Former communist countries) --- Communist countries --- Emigration and immigration --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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This book argues that Putin's strategy for rebuilding the state was fundamentally flawed. Taylor demonstrates that a disregard for the way state officials behave toward citizens - state quality - had a negative impact on what the state could do - state capacity. Focusing on those organizations that control state coercion, what Russians call the 'power ministries', Taylor shows that many of the weaknesses of the Russian state that existed under Boris Yeltsin persisted under Putin. Drawing on extensive field research and interviews, as well as a wide range of comparative data, the book reveals the practices and norms that guide the behavior of Russian power ministry officials (the so-called siloviki), especially law enforcement personnel. By examining siloviki behavior from the Kremlin down to the street level, State Building in Putin's Russia uncovers the who, where and how of Russian state building after communism.

Post-communism --- Power (Social sciences) --- Federal government --- Police power --- Duress (Law) --- State, The --- Postcommunisme --- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) --- Fédéralisme --- Police --- Contrainte (Droit) --- Etat --- History --- History. --- Histoire --- Pouvoirs --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, --- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, --- Political and social views. --- Influence. --- Russia (Federation) --- Russie --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Political and social views --- Influence --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Coercion (Law) --- Compulsion --- Criminal liability --- Law --- Necessity (Law) --- Threats --- Torts --- Undue influence --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law --- Municipal corporations --- Right of property --- Division of powers --- Federal-provincial relations --- Federal-state relations --- Federal systems --- Federalism --- Central-local government relations --- Decentralization in government --- State governments --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Postcommunism --- World politics --- Communism --- Law and legislation --- Elʹt︠s︡in, B. N. --- Elʹt︠s︡in, Boris Nikolaevich, --- Eltsine, Boris, --- Enxin, Bôrít, --- Jelzin, Boris, --- Ельцин, Борис Николаевич, --- ילצין, בוריס ניקולייביץ׳, --- Putin, Wladimir Wladimirowitsch, --- Putin, Volodymyr, --- Pujing, --- Poutine, Vladimir Vladimirovitch, --- Путин, Владимир Владимирович, --- Putinas, Vladimiras, --- Fédéralisme --- Powers, Division of --- Provincial-federal relations --- State-federal relations --- Putin, V. V. --- Jeltsin, Boris, --- Poetin, Vladimir Vladimirovitsj, --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Post-communism - Russia (Federation) - History --- Power (Social sciences) - Russia (Federation) - History --- Federal government - Russia (Federation) - History --- Police power - Russia (Federation) - History --- Duress (Law) - Russia (Federation) - History --- State, The - History - 20th century --- State, The - History - 21st century --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, - 1952- - Political and social views --- Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, - 1931-2007 - Influence --- Russia (Federation) - Politics and government - 1991 --- -Post-communism --- Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, - 1952 --- -Yeltsin, Boris Nikolayevich, - 1931-2007