LEADER 03462nam 22004935 450 001 9910462909003321 005 20211217000531.0 010 $a0-8014-6996-1 010 $a0-8014-6997-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801469978 035 $a(CKB)2670000000417852 035 $a(OCoLC)608407321 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10741845 035 $a(DE-B1597)478457 035 $a(OCoLC)979970030 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801469978 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138508 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000417852 100 $a20190708d2013 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPreying on the State $eThe Transformation of Bulgaria after 1989 /$fVenelin I. Ganev 210 1$aIthaca, NY :$cCornell University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 311 0 $a1-322-52314-2 311 0 $a0-8014-7902-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 199-214) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. The Dysfunctionality of Post-Communist State Structures --$t2. The Separation of Party and State as a Logistical Problem --$t3. Conversions of Power --$t4. Winners as State Breakers in Post-Communism --$t5. Weak-State Constitutionalism --$t6. The Shrewdness of the Tamed --$t7. Post-Communism as an Episode of State Transformation --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aImmediately after 1989, newly emerging polities in Eastern Europe had to contend with an overbearing and dominant legacy: the Soviet model of the state. At that time, the strength of the state looked like a massive obstacle to change; less than a decade later, the state's dominant characteristic was no longer its overweening powerfulness, but rather its utter decrepitude. Consequently, the role of the central state in managing economies, providing social services, and maintaining infrastructure came into question. Focusing on his native Bulgaria, Venelin I. Ganev explores in fine-grained detail the weakening of the central state in post-Soviet Eastern Europe. Ganev starts with the structural characteristics of the Soviet satellites, and in particular the forms of elite agency favored in the socialist party-state. As state socialism collapsed, Ganev demonstrates, its institutional legacy presented functionaries who had become accustomed to power with a matrix of opportunities and constraints. In order to maximize their advantage under such conditions, these elites did not need a robust state apparatus-in fact, all of the incentives under postsocialism pushed them to subvert the infrastructure of governance. Throughout Preying on the State, Ganev argues that the causes of state malfunctioning go much deeper than the policy preferences of "free marketeers" who deliberately dismantled the state. He systematically analyzes the multiple dimensions, implications, and significance of the institutional and social processes that transformed the organizational basis of effective governance. 606 $aPost-communism$zBulgaria 607 $aBulgaria$xPolitics and government$y1990- 615 0$aPost-communism 676 $a949.903/2 700 $aGanev$b Venelin I.$01039111 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462909003321 996 $aPreying on the State$92461118 997 $aUNINA