Can Europe Work? Germany and the Reconstruction of Postcommunist Societies

1997 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 343
Author(s):  
Andrei S. Markovits ◽  
Stephen E. Hanson ◽  
Willfried Spohn
Keyword(s):  
Postcommunist Societies

Introduction to symposium: Smallholders in communist and postcommunist societies

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 869-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen K. Wegren ◽  
David J. O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Postcommunist Societies

1989 and After: Morality and Truth in Postcommunist Societies

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (806) ◽  
pp. 114-116
Author(s):  
Vladimir Tismaneanu
Keyword(s):  
The Past ◽  
Postcommunist Societies

Nations that endured communist dictatorships must come to terms with the traumas of the past before durable democracies can take hold—a lesson the author learned firsthand in Romania.

scholarly journals Positive and negative aspects of social capital: The case of postcommunist societies

Sociologija ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivera Pavicevic
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Communist Party ◽  
Democratic Transition ◽  
Survival Strategy ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Open Issue ◽  
Postcommunist Societies

The paper analyzes social capital's properties in relation with the level at which it is generated, as a type of social capital. The second part of the paper is dedicated to examining of possibilities for implementation of the concept of social capital in various social and political circumstances. Analysis of the Putnam's concept of social capital in reviewing of the process of democratization of post-communist societies has shown that assessment of the social capital?s role in democratic transition of these societies must take into account specific social and political circumstances which influenced social capital's trends and forms. In contrast to economically developed societies with long democratic traditions, it turned out that social capital in former communist societies developed and moved in almost opposite directions. It is characterized by competitiveness, non-community spirit and exclusivity. This may be explained by predominant informal associating forms as a survival strategy in conditions of deprivation and ideological mobilization at the time of communist party states which during transition turned into suspicious conversions of various capital types. It is an open issue how much the social capital concept is applicable in post-communist societies of Eastern and Central Europe and how it should be designed for the purpose of adequate implementation in creating of social policies.

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