Open AccessThe Prohibition of Communist Symbols in Post-Communist Countries
Author(s) -
Елена Мелешкина
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
gumanitarnye nauki. vestnik finansovogo universiteta/gumanitarnye nauki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2619-1482
pISSN - 2226-7867
DOI - 10.26794/2226-7867-2019-9-4-36-45
Subject(s) - communism , successor cardinal , politics , slovak , political science , communist state , typology , political economy , state (computer science) , soviet union , political radicalism , economic system , economic history , economy , law , sociology , economics , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , czech , algorithm , anthropology , computer science
The article focuses on communist symbols bans in post-communist countries. The author highlights the influence of various conditions such as existence as a part of USSR or Russian empire, the experience of independent state-building in XX century, membership in European Union, lack of dominant political actor and resources for his long domination, the popularity of successor parties, the radicalism of institutional reforms. The analysis also accounts associated impacts of international environment and relations of post-communist countries with Russia. Based on a combination of various conditions, the author develops a typology of post-communist states where communist symbols have been banned.