TY - BOOK AU - Frye, Timothy. TI - Building states and markets after communism: the perils of polarized democracy T2 - Cambridge studies in comparative politics SN - 9780521767736 (hc) AV - JZ6300 .F79 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Nation-building KW - Economic aspects KW - Former communist countries KW - Capitalism KW - Political aspects KW - Free trade KW - Privatization KW - Post-communism KW - Democratization N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-282) and index; The political logic of economic and institutional reform -- Political polarization and economic inequality -- The pace and consistency of reform -- Political polarization and economic growth -- Political polarization and policy instability: the view from the firm -- Nationalism and endogenous polarization -- Russia: polarization, autocracy, and reform -- Bulgaria: polarization, democracy, and reform -- Poland: robust democracy and rapid reform -- Uzbekistan: autocracy and inconsistent gradualism ER -