We use a difference-in-differences strategy that compares Communist with Western European countries to test the effect of the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe on the flow of book translations between countries. We find that translations of Western European titles into former non-Soviet Communist countries increased by a factor of eight with the fall of Communism and reached Western level...

Abstract This article combines political analysis with ethnographic fieldwork to theorise Communist party’s construction of allegiance and their persistence power in the democratic context at a local village level state Kerala India. We provide an inaugural scholarly conceptualisation empirical phenomenon, known popular parlance as ‘ party gramam ’ or ‘party village’, focus analysis. As we expl...

The paper analyses the extent to which information technology is used in European developed and post-communist countries. Indicators such as internet usage, e-commerce and e-government are used to measure the gap between European developed and post-communist countries. Special focus is given to the analysis of the difference in the level of education of male and female inhabitants who use inter...

For many scholars, the current Russian regime is characterized by pragmatism aimed at, first and foremost, the maintenance of political power. But as the country’s international status rises and domestic problems persist, the regime is clearly interested in defining a new regime ideology beyond nationalism that can justify regime rule and guide longterm developmental strategy. This article seek...

The aim of this article is to show the influence academic and professional marketing English on Polish discourse. In view Poland’s transformative role in communist Europe, paper can be regarded as a pilot study for discussion phenomenon addressed context experience other post-socialist nations. analysis adaptation borrowings was based numerous documents, participant observations interviews. Cri...

This study aimed to analyze the commemoration characteristics of national war memorials made by United States, Union Soviet Socialist Republics(the Union), and Germany that participated in World War II(WW II). The results are summarized as follows. First, creation WW II Union, commemorate dead victims. By country, States promoted unity victory with representing just great cause for freedom, com...

The paper analyses and interprets Western radical left-wing scholars’ view on communism from the three dimensions of Ego, Other World in modern philosophical context. purpose research is to compare reconstruct scientific categories relations represented by communism, namely, logical dialectical Ego domain, domain domain. theoretical reconstruction contextual analysis Jacques Lacan Sigmund Freud...