Problems of Postcommunism: Toward a Civil Economy

The Editors’ introduction to “Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup.”

The history of twentieth-century European communist parties shows that extremists can be moderated by robust democratic institutions. Without them, however, the inclusion of extremist parties may undermine democracy.

A decade after the handover of their city to China, Hong Kong’s “pandemocrats” remain able to stand their ground at the ballot box.