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Theories of Postcommunist Transformation: Approaches, Debates, and Problems of Theory Building in the Second Decade of Research
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Abstract The article explores the current theoretical debates on postcommunist transformations. After identifying important novel or reinvigorated approaches, three of them are critically discussed: the postcommunism approach, the governance approach, and the Europeanisation approach. The examination leads t... mehr
The article explores the current theoretical debates on postcommunist transformations. After identifying important novel or reinvigorated approaches, three of them are critically discussed: the postcommunism approach, the governance approach, and the Europeanisation approach. The examination leads to the result that, indeed, a ‘second generation’ has emerged. It has largely overcome universalistic assumptions and gained explanatory power by more complex theoretical architectures as well as systematic time-space-embeddings or contextualisations. A final consideration makes the case for interdisciplinary and general theories of societal transformations as a necessary step in the advancement of the debate.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
postkommunistische Gesellschaft; Transformation; Transition; Osteuropa; Mitteleuropa; sozialer Wandel; Governance; Europäisierung; Theoriebildung
Klassifikation
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
Freie Schlagwörter
social theory
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2013
Seitenangabe
S. 88-105
Zeitschriftentitel
Studies of Transition States and Societies, 5 (2013) 2
ISSN
1736-8758
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)