This book intends to be a contribution to the Varieties of capitalism paradigm.
Putin experiments with an innovation for pos.
China followed its own unique way; some called it socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Russia built capitalism in a patrimonial way.
Was communism ever legitimate? What kind of legitimacy claims were made in the transition from communism to capitalism? Central Europe was closer to the Western liberal model.
The theoretical background is Weber \'s theory of legitimacy.
This book intends to be a contribution to the Varieties of capitalism paradigm