Former State Communist World

By David Mandel

What really happened after the fall of the Soviet Union? In The Former "State Socialist" World, David Mandel?renowned translator, labour scholar, and longtime observer of Russian society?brings together leading Western and Russian social scientists to provide a rare, ground-level view of the dramatic transformations sweeping post-socialist countries in the 1990s.

This powerful collection of essays and interviews features some of the most incisive democratic socialist thinkers of the era, examining how workers, intellectuals, and civil society were navigating the collapse of central planning, the rise of neoliberal capitalism, and the uncertain path toward democracy. By bridging East and West, Mandel offers not only sharp analysis, but also a vital record of voices often ignored in mainstream accounts of post-Soviet transition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551640368
• ISBN13: 9781551640365
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Black Rose Books
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.2"