Economic Sources of Social Order Development in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe

Taylor & Francis

The Economic Sources of Social Order Development in Post-Socialist Eastern EuropeAuthor(s): Richard Connolly\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138815766, 978-1138815766\nSynopsis\nNearly twenty years after the collapse of socialism, the countries of post-socialist Eastern Europe have experienced divergent trajectories of political development. This book looks at why this is the case, based on the assumption that societies, or social orders, can be distinguished by the extent to which competitive tendencies contained within them economic, political, social and cultural are resolved according to open, rule-based processes.\n\nThe book explores which economic conditions allow for increased levels of political competition, and it tests the hypothesis that the nature of a countrys ties with the international economy, and the level of competition within a countrys economic system, will shape the trajectory of politic.