The Weakness of Postcommunist Civil Society

Issue Date January 2002
Volume 13
Issue 1
Page Numbers 157-169
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Recent studies suggest that civil society in the postcommunist countries is significantly weaker than in other types of democracies, old or new. Can this legacy of communism be overcome? If not, what are the implications for democracy?