Making of Regions in Post-Socialist Europe - the Impact of Culture, Economic Structure and Institutions

1 Research Idea: History and Regional Diversity Post-socialist societies in Europe can be assigned to three "historical regions" (Sziicz 1990) corresponding to their path of historical development. (1) The "East" was shaped by the patrimonial Muscovite state (Pipes 1977) and an estate agriculture with archaic structures at its base (Shanin 1985). The "westernisation" of Russia that began with Pete...