East Central Europe in the Modern World : The Politics of the Borderlands from Pre- To Postcommunism

List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1(1) Method and Scope of Inquiry 1(2) The Region and Its Population 3(8) Social Science, History, and Political Change 11(18) Theories of Modernization 11(3) The Politics of Backwardness 14(12) Culture and Continuity 26(3) East Central Europe: A Historical Overview 29(25) East and West in History 29(9) Culture and Traditional Institutions 38(11) Before the Modern Age: Material Conditions 49(5) Liberalism and the Nation-State 54(71) The Rise of Modern Europe 54(11) State and Society on the Periphery 65(38) Between Core and Periphery 103(13) Culture and the Politics of Diversity 116(9) The Crisis of Liberalism 125(93) Economic Progress and Political Decay 125(23) Marxist Designs 148(18) Fascist Experiments 166(52) Communism: The Imperial Revolution 218(39) Building the Imperial Core: The Stalinist Model 218(11) The Rise of the Bloc 229(15) The Politics of Conformity 244(13) The Soviet Bloc after Stalin 257(72) Diversity and Decline 257(12) The Independents 269(19) Deviant Satellites: Simulating Solidarity and Conformity 288(17) Solidary States 305(19) Explaining Communist Diversity 324(5) From Communism to Postcommunism: The Return of Liberalism 329(78) The End of Empire 329(15) East Central Europe: The Communist Legacy 344(17) The Postcommunist Order 361(37) The Record of Postcommunism: A Status Report, 1998 398(9) Conclusion 407(12) The Politics of Backwardness 407(3) Small Fish in Big Ponds 410(3) Economics and Politics: Prospects of Democracy and Development in East Central Europe 413(6) Bibliography 419(46) Index 465