New World Disorder - The Leninist Extinction

"This book presents a probing interpretation of the Leninist party-state as an ideological civilization that arose in the twentieth century, assumed diverse forms across space and time, and is now passing into history. Jowitt is very original and perhaps prophetic in sketching the consequences of Communism's 'extinction' for the West, the Third World, and Eastern Europe itself."—Robert C. Tucker, author of Stalin in Power

"Full of brilliant flashes of insight . . . a truly masterful job, clearly the work of an erudite and unconventional scholar."—Dorothy J. Solinger, author of Chinese Business Under Socialism

List of contents

Preface

1. THE LENINIST PHENOMENON
2. POLITICAL CULTURE IN LENINIST REGIMES
3. INCLUSION
4. NEOTRADITIONALISM
5. "MOSCOW CENTRE"
6. GORBACHEV: BOLSHEVIK OR MENSHEVIK?
7. THE LENINIST EXTINCTION
8. THE LENINIST LEGACY
9. A WORLD WITHOUT LENINISM

Index

About the author

Ken Jowitt is Professor of Political Science and University Distinguished Teacher at the University of California, Berkeley.

Summary

Identifies and interprets the extraordinary character of Leninist regimes, their political corruption, extinction, and highly unsettling legacy. This study includes essays that reject the fundamental assumptions about social change which inform the work of modernization theorists.

Product details

• Authors: Ken Jowitt, Kenneth Jowitt, Jowitt Ken
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.1992
• EAN: 9780520082724
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08272-4
• No. of pages: 345
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Far-left political ideologies and movements, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Marxism & Communism