Nations in transit, 1998

Adrian Karatnycky, Alexander J. Motyl

"In Nations in Transit 1998, Freedom House asked leading regional specialists and in-house experts to answer a checklist of 46 indicators for twenty-five post-Communist countries in seven key areas: political processes, civil society, independent media, rule of law, governance and public administration, privatization, and economic reform. The survey, organized in an easily accessible question-and-answer format, was reviewed by an oversight board of leading scholars from Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University, and Columbia University." "The results are comprehensive country-by-country reports which assess the progress of ex-Communist countries in ridding themselves of repressive political systems and inefficient statist economies. As an added dimension, Freedom House - which for nearly 25 years has rated political rights and civil liberties around the world in its benchmark...

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