Politics and Society in Eastern Europe

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: How We Know What We Know about Eastern Europe....Pages 1-14
Interwar Eastern Europe....Pages 15-47
War, Communism and Stalinism....Pages 48-67
The Structure and Development of Centrally Planned Economies in Eastern Europe....Pages 68-96
The Implementation of Economic Reform in Eastern Europe....Pages 97-128
Equality and the Social Order....Pages 129-172
The Logic of Party Rule (I): History, Ideology and Structure....Pages 173-204
The Logic of Party Rule (II): Power and Representation....Pages 205-245
The State Institutions....Pages 246-282
Political Participation and Interest Articulation....Pages 283-313
Political Accommodation: Interests, Opposition and Dissent....Pages 314-346
From Ability to Need: Social Welfare and Educational Policy....Pages 347-387
The External Relations of the East European Socialist States....Pages 388-420
Conclusions: Legitimating State Socialism in Eastern Europe....Pages 421-432
Back Matter....Pages 433-474