Three Generations of Research on Post Communist Politics—A Sketch

Autor:	Grzegorz Ekiert
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Politics Vision Sociology and Political Science Comparative politics Sociology Democratization Social science Three generations Constraint (mathematics) Communism Sketch Epistemology
Zdroj:	East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures. 29:323-337
ISSN:	1533-8371 0888-3254
DOI:	10.1177/0888325414559052
Popis:	This essay outlines theoretical visions or paradigms that have underpinned empirical and historical work on the great transformation in Central and Eastern Europe. Such paradigms shaped “sociological imaginations” and analytical lenses through which scholars generated important questions and developed their research interests and projects. The study of post-communism was influenced by three such paradigms: the first focused on the immediate communist past as the main constraint on post-1989 transformations; the second attempted to transcend the specificities of post-communism and integrate the study of the region with the general comparative politics enterprise; and finally, the third signified the return to a disciplined exploration of historical and cultural contexts and their role in shaping the outcomes of transformations.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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