September 3, 1999
Lessons From the Laboratory of Eastern Europe
10 years after collapse of Communism, political scientists rethink assumptions
Most Americans remember the fall of the Berlin Wall, 10 years ago this November, as the twilight of Communist rule in Europe. To hear some scholars tell it, that moment wasn't exactly a bright spot for political science, either.
In 1989, when Communist governments all across Eastern Europe began to fall apart, few of the experts had seen it coming. Political scientists knew
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