TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pei,Minxin
TI  - From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union
SN  - 9780674041974
AV  - HX418 
U1  - 321.9/2/0947 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Communism-China
KW  - Communism-Soviet Union
KW  - Mass media-China
KW  - Mass media-Soviet Union
KW  - China-Economic conditions-1976-2000
KW  - Soviet Union-Economic conditions-1985-1991
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Intorduction -- 1. Regime Transition in Communist States -- 2. Explaining the Tocquville Paradox -- 3. China's Capitalist Revolution -- 4. The private Sector under Perestroika -- 5. The Self-Liberalization of the China's Mass Media -- 6. The Liberal Takeover of the Soviet Mass Media under Glasnost -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
N2  - The demise of communism in the former Soviet Union and the massive political and economic changes in China are the stunning transformations of our century. Two central questions are emerging: Why did different communist systems experience different patterns of transition? Why did partial reforms in the Soviet Union and China turn into revolutions?
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