02163nam a22003138a 4500 CR9781139565028 UkCbUP 20171019112329.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120713s2013||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139565028 (ebook) 9781107035539 (hardback) 9781107651135 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda HX45 .W49 2013 320.53/2095 23 Why Communism Did Not Collapse : Understanding Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Asia and Europe / Edited by Martin K. Dimitrov. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (390 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). This volume brings together a distinguished group of scholars working to address the puzzling durability of communist autocracies in Eastern Europe and Asia, which are the longest-lasting type of non-democratic regime to emerge after World War I. The volume conceptualizes the communist universe as consisting of the ten regimes in Eastern Europe and Mongolia that eventually collapsed in 1989–91, and the five regimes that survived the fall of the Berlin Wall: China, Vietnam, Laos, North Korea and Cuba. The essays offer a theoretical argument that emphasizes the importance of institutional adaptations as a foundation of communist resilience. In particular, the contributors focus on four adaptations: of the economy, of ideology, of the mechanisms for inclusion of potential rivals, and of the institutions of vertical and horizontal accountability. The volume argues that when regimes are no longer able to implement adaptive change, contingent leadership choices and contagion dynamics make collapse more likely. Dimitrov, Martin K., editor of compilation. Print version: 9781107035539 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139565028 224676 224676