The politics of frustration has been particularly apparent in the postcommunist world during the last fifteen years. The heavy hand of nomenklatura rule was gone, and the vision of a new life like that in the open societies of the West seemed real.
过去15年来，这一挫折的政治在前共产世界尤为明显。共产特权阶层的高压统治已经结束，类似西方开放社会那样的新生活看似垂手可得。然而事实上，情况在一开始却恶化。通向繁荣和自由之路并非平坦。相反，这条路充满荆棘坎坷。