{"product_id":"theorizing-transition-john-pickles-9780415162661","title":"Theorizing Transition: The Political Economy of Post-Communist Transformations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheorizing Transition\u003c\/em\u003e provides a comprehensive examination of the economic, political, social and cultural transformations in post-Communist countries and an important critique of transition theory and policy. The authors create the basis of a theoretical understanding of transition in terms of a political economy of capitalist development. \u003cbr\u003e The diversity of forms and complexities of transition are examined through a wide range of examples from post-Soviet countries and comparative studies from countries such as Vietnam and China. \u003cem\u003eTheorizing Transition\u003c\/em\u003e challenges many of the comfortable assumptions unleashed by the euphoria of democratisation and the triumphalism of market capitalism in the early 1990s and shows transition to be much more complex than mainstream theory suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Pickles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415162661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415162661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/09\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.38w x 1.50d","brand":"John Pickles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064874807551,"sku":"9780415162661","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea171dd1-d348-4fc7-ac97-13f88a38c034.jpg?v=1768671620","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theorizing-transition-john-pickles-9780415162661","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}