01548pab a2200181 454500 180718b2002 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Kurtz, Marcus J. The political foundations of post-communist regimes: marketization, agrarian legacies, or international influences 2002 p.524-53. Jun This article explores the causes of differing post-communist regime transitions thesis that economic liberalization promotes political democratization. We explore this argument in light of findings from other regions that have emphasized modernization, agrarian class structure, and international influences. Our results are based on a multilevel design strategy, first analyzing data on 26 post-communist countries over a 7-to 9- year period using time-series/cross-sectional methods and then turning to a comparative analysis of four purposively selected cases to explore the casual mechanisms implied but not tested in the quantitative analysis. Our results suggest that faith in economic liberalization as a cause of democratization may be misplaced. However, there is support for the notion that large agrarian sectors are unfavourable to democratic development, whereas positive democratic conditionally from outside agents can play an important role in transition dynamics. - Reproduced. Eastern Europe - Politics and government Politics and government Barnes, Andrew Comparative Political Studies 53019 53019 53019 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 35, Issue no: 5 AR53453 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR