Post-communist Studies And Political Science: Methodology And Empirical Theory In Sovietology

Fleron Jr., Frederic J.,Hoffmann, Erik P

ISBN 10: 0813316863 / ISBN 13: 9780813316864

Published by Westview Press, 1993

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Synopsis:

In this first extended reassessment of Sovietology in over two decades, Frederic Fleron and Erik Hoffmann argue that the fields isolation from the social sciences has diminished analysts ability to explain the dramatic changes in the USSR. The editors collection of key essays elucidates Sovietologys theories and methodologies and underscores the need to adapt them in order to understand both the Communist past and the transition to a post-Communist future. Beset by the USSRs closed nature and the paucity of reliable data, scholars have used unique methods to study a political system they claimed was completely different from any other on earth. However, in the first extended reassessment of Sovietology in over two decades, Frederic Fleron and Erik Hoffmann argue that the isolation of the field from the social sciences has diminished analysts ability to explain the dramatic changes in their area of study. The editors collection of key essays elucidates Sovietologys theories and methodologies and underscores the need to adapt them to the rapidly shifting conditions in the USSR during the 1980s and in its successor countries during the 1990s.This important anthology is the only book to systematically review the state of Sovietology and to provide practical suggestions for new methodological approaches and conceptual orientations for all analysts of postcommunism. The books stimulating diversity of views will make it required reading for political scientists, area specialists, policy advisers, and students who hope to understand the Communist past and the transition to a post-Communist future.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Post-communist Studies And Political Science...
Publisher: Westview Press
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good