In Which of the Following Ways Do Postcommunist Success Stories

question 7

Multiple Choice

In which of the following ways do postcommunist success stories like Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic differ from countries with less successful records like Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Serbia?

• A)They have a greater precommunist history of healthy civil society.
• B)They were more heavily influenced by the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires.
• C)They are much more ethnically diverse.
• D)They were more heavily industrialized after the fall of communism.
• E)They had less contact with the West during communist rule.

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Definitions:

Contextual Factor

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Political Party

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Interdepartmental Cooperation

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