Social Theory and Postcommunism

Social Theory and Postcommunism undertakes a thorough studyof the implications of post-communism for sociological theory.Written by two leading social theorists, the book discusses thethesis that the fall of communism has decimated alternativeconceptions of social organizations other than capitalism. Analyzes the implications of the fall of communism on socialtheoryDiscusses alternative ideas of social organizations other thancapitalism, in the wake of the collapse of communismCovers state/civil society, globalization, the future of“modernity,” and post-socialism