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Radicalised Transformation, the Institutional Tensions and Modernisation Challenges
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Abstract Draws on recent modernization theory & discussions of postmodernity to suggest a theoretical approach to the analysis of postcommunist institutional change in Central & Eastern Europe. Modernization is taken to be an evolutionary process in the direction of societal subsystem functional differentiat... view more
Draws on recent modernization theory & discussions of postmodernity to suggest a theoretical approach to the analysis of postcommunist institutional change in Central & Eastern Europe. Modernization is taken to be an evolutionary process in the direction of societal subsystem functional differentiation with institutional features such as economic extensification & intensification, social mobility, specialization, functionalization of values, & (sometimes) institutionalization of conflicts. This framework is applied to assess intended & unintended social consequences of economic transformation in the Czech Republic. It is concluded that simultaneous economic & political modernization are causing interinstitutional conflicts, resolution of which requires a legitimate arena for voicing social claims &/or the creation of intermediary capacities to avert direct institutional confrontation.... view less
Classification
Macrosociology, Analysis of Whole Societies
Political Economy
Free Keywords
Modernization; Postmodernism; Eastern Europe; Europe; Social Change; Postcommunist Societies; Czech Republic
Document language
English
Publication Year
1997
Page/Pages
p. 179-195
Journal
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 5 (1997) 2
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications