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The Roundtable Talks and the Breakdown of Communism
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The Roundtable Talks and the Breakdown of Communism Hardcover - 1996 - 1st Edition

by Jon Elster; Jon Elster (Editor)


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In 1989 and 1990, Eastern European Communist regimes and opposition groups conducted a series of roundtable talks to peacefully negotiate the abolition of authoritarian rule and the transition to democratic governance. This volume documents that unprecedented process of national reinvention and constitution making.
These essays capture the historical circumstances of these countries their traditions, customs, and the balance of influence between competing factions that often took precedence over constitutional ideals. In five country-specific reports, senior scholars provide detailed accounts of the talks in Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and the German Democratic Republic. Also included is an essay on the political factors underlying the failure of negotiations between reform groups and the Chinese regime, providing an illuminating counterpoint to the path taken in Eastern Europe. This book is an invaluable resource for scholars of constitutional design and democratization and for specialists in Eastern Europe."

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  • Title The Roundtable Talks and the Breakdown of Communism
  • Author Jon Elster; Jon Elster (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 254
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-09
  • ISBN 9780226206288 / 0226206289
  • Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.23 x 0.8 in (23.50 x 15.82 x 2.03 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Constitutional history - Europe, Eastern -, Democracy - Europe, Eastern - Sources
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95050505
  • Dewey Decimal Code 320.947

About the author

Jon Elster is the Robert K. Merton Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. He is the author of a dozen books, most recently Local Justice (1992), and the editor of eight books, most recently, with G. Loewenstein, "Choices over Time" (1992).
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