Chinese mix of communism and wild capitalism is unsustainable

Democracy cannot function without capitalism. This has been proved several times throughout the history, most notably in 1989 for the last time. More interesting question for a political scientist today is whether capitalism can work without democracy and freedom. Some Asian countries seem to demonstrate that...
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  • Democracy Delayed: Obstacles in Political Transition

    This collection of articles, compiled by Democracy Reporting International (DRI) and Institute for European Policy EUROPEUM, responds to requests made by some Arab reformers to deepen their knowledge of how political change in Eastern Europe unfolded. Rather than focussing on the successful transitions, it presents case studies which recall the difficulties, pitfalls and political missteps which jeopardised these countries’ transitions and even caused some of them to fail.

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