Why the Drive to Difference?
This chapter inquires as to the factors that drove the drive to difference within the communist world. Factors discussed include limited guidance from the ideological heritage (Marxism and Leninism) as to how to proceed after “building socialism,” the clash between the ideals of Marxism and the realities of governing an elite-dominated system, the shortage economy, the reality of bureaucratism, varieties of nationalism among the communist states, diverse pathways to power among those states, differences in the timing of the many communist revolutions, nuclearism, the realities of affluence and liberty in the capitalist world, and the idiosyncrasies of certain leaders within the communist world.
2002 ◽
Vol 32
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pp. 391-413
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1982 ◽
Vol 40
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pp. 274-277
1983 ◽
Vol 41
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pp. 362-365
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1978 ◽
Vol 36
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pp. 340-341
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