Keith A. Darden|Anna Grzyma?a-Busse
The Great Divide: Literacy, Nationalism, and the Communist Collapse
communist regimes collapsed years 198991 communist parties leaders exited power roughly half cases causes impact variation generated considerable controversy authors show combined timing content introduction mass literacy responsible generating national standards comparisons either sustained legitimacy communist party rule led rapid complete demise collapse communist regimes mass literacy explains patterns communist exit structural modernization communist legacy accounts provides clear sustained causal chain