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10 - The Bourgeoisie in Communist States: Comparative Insights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2021

Tomila V. Lankina
Tomila V. Lankina
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
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This chapter discusses how the preceding analysis has wider, portable, comparative implications for understanding the drivers of variations in shades of authoritarianism and illiberalism in other communist legacy countries. I structure the chapter as follows. I first sketch out an analytical framework for a comparative analysis of two new cases: Hungary and China. The section also delineates limitations of scope and restrictions in applications to the universe of communist states and beyond. I then proceed to analyze each case with reference to the key variables of interest. A final section concludes with reflections on the utility of the framework for understanding social inequalities and the long shadow of premodern societies in effecting democratic vulnerabilities and resilience in the present-day illiberal world.

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RussiaHungaryChinainequalitiescommunismimperiallegaciesdemocracyilliberalismautocracy
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The Estate Origins of Democracy in Russia
From Imperial Bourgeoisie to Post-Communist Middle Class
 , pp. 355 - 391
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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