20 Questions
What is the main focus of the text?
The collapse of communism
Why did the West experience a deep crisis in the 1970s?
Because of the end of Fordism
What does the text suggest about communism's economic success?
It was dependent on a particular stage of industrial development
What characterized the growth restoration in the West after the 1970s crisis?
Knowledge economy and neoliberalism
Why did communism's economic success appear viable from 1930 to 1960?
Due to mass production units
What does the text propose about the exhaustion of growth based on mass production and consumption?
It marked the end of Fordism in the West
What was one of the reasons for the collapse of 'Actually' existing socialism, according to Swain and Swain?
Promises of equality and solidarity proved to be hollow
According to Bunce's book 'Subversive Institutions', what is the paradox of communist institutions?
Communist institutions were ideally structured to work and reproduce themselves, but they functioned to undermine economic growth
What was the aim of the Communist Mission as mentioned in the text?
To transform society and achieve rapid economic growth
Why did some state dissolutions during the collapse of socialist states turn violent, according to Bunce's book 'Subversive Institutions'?
Due to the extraordinary institutional penetration of party-state
What was one of the real effects of communist institutions mentioned in the text?
Homogenizing society and creating uniform experiences for all
What is cited as one of the reasons for the collapse of the communist system according to Swain and Swain?
Loss of legitimation due to disjuncture between ideology and economic inability
According to Bunce's book 'Subversive Institutions', why did communism as such collapse?
'Socialism in Europe was ideally structured to reproduce itself', but over time its institutional framework functioned to undermine economic growth
What led to the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact according to Bunce's book 'Subversive Institutions'?
'Extraordinary institutional penetration of party-state'
What was a result of economic restructuring and austerity measures in Latin America in the 1980s?
Rise in unemployment
What was a common protest theme in Eastern Europe in the 1990s and Latin America in the 1980s?
Privatization
What is one reason for the silent protests in Eastern Europe between 1989 and 1993?
'Informal exit' to the informal economy
What did the text propose as a reason for further decline in democracy?
Economic crisis and early neoliberal reforms
What characterized the protests in Eastern Europe between 1989 and 1993?
Protest-voting in the elections
What does the text suggest as a factor contributing to low level equilibrium?
'Informal exit' to the informal economy
This quiz provides an overview of the structure and key points from the book 'Peaceful and Violent Transformations' by Bunce, 1999. It covers topics such as the collapse of communism, the dissolution of states, and the comparison of violent and peaceful dissolutions in Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia.
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