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Jiri Pehe article in the November/December 1995 Freedom Review stated that Post Communism refers to the period since 1989, which saw the collapse of the Soviet Union and its associated Communist regimes in Eastern Europe. ... Before we can fully understand this event, it is important to examine the development of communist Russia (Pehe 23).
Communism in its original meaning is a social theory and political movement for the direct and communal control of society towards the common benefits of all members, the society being the communist society. Communism, or communist society is the name of the social formation, which, according to Marxism is a classless society in which all property is owned by the community as a whole and where all people enjoy equal social and economic status (Wikipedia)
The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than a political event. ... Russia faces the seemingly impracticable task of economic liberalization and democratization. ...
In the beginning Communism seemed to the people of Russia as a utopian ideal. ... " Lenins own interpretation of the Marxian critique was that to achieve Communism there would first have to be a socialist dictatorship to first suppress any dissent or protest. ... In 1990, the last year of communism in the Soviet Union, that rate of price increase was 5 percent, and there was no unemployment and the distribution of income was evenly distributed. ...
Post-Communism generally refers to the period of transition of politics and economy after the fall of Communism in parts of Europe and Asia in the early 1990s. Post-Communism in Europe began in 1989 with revolutions throughout the Eastern Block. By 1991, it was all over: the Soviet Union, once a mighty empire, no longer existed; the people of Eastern Europe, their lives dominated for nearly half a century by a superpower struggle, were left to contend with the legacy of communism and the Cold War (Studyworld).
The end of the Soviet Union has had effects as diverse as they have been dramatic. States like Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic have prospered and will soon join the NATO security alliance Russia, on the other hand, faces an economic and political crisis of fantastic proportions, and must contend with the thousands of poorly guarded nuclear weapons left on its soil. The republics of the former Soviet Union have had to deal with poverty, inequality, environmental catastrophe, ethnic tensions, civil war, and latest attempts by Russia to re-assert its traditional dominance (Studyworld). ... These structures are largely there constitutionally, and Russia has especially made great progress in holding regular, competitive elections, despite the anarchic and patrimonial party structure (History of Post cummunist Russia). ... In Russia the number of the early-losers of the reform process far exceed the early-winners. If this is the case, then the self-interested voter and citizen has ample incentives to organize into parties, trade unions, and non-government organizations to slow the reform process.
Approximate Word count = 2328
Approximate Pages = 9.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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