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%T Theories of Postcommunist Transformation: Approaches, Debates, and Problems of Theory Building in the Second Decade of Research %A Kollmorgen, Raj %J Studies of Transition States and Societies %N 2 %P 88-105 %V 5 %D 2013 %K social theory %@ 1736-8758 %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-365213 %X 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. %C MISC %G en %9 Zeitschriftenartikel %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info