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Of these Martha Olcott's chapter on Kazakstan is truly fascinating; so little has been written about Kazak politics almost anything would be o f interest, but Olcott's narrative makes this otherwise obscure case an interesting and useful one. Stephen White's recount- ing o f the Russian case is competent, but seems to contain little new. Likewise, Krzystof Jasiewicz's study o f Poland does an admirable job o f setting the stage for Lech Walesa's presidency, but the emphasis on Walesa now seems dated in the face o f Walesa's increas- ingly marginal role in Polish politics. The volume closes with a short, lucid essay by Jon Elster. Ironically, Elster's discussion o f institutions in this volume is superior to similar discussions in his own volume, reviewed above; it is clear, raises a few important issues - the idea, for example, that presidencies are a kind of bargain or compromise made among elites during a transition - and written without the jargon that plagues the other volume. The most serious problem with this collection (published in 1997) is that it perhaps came out too early to assess so many different institutions so soon. To compare Russia to Kazakstan to
Canadian-American Slavic Studies – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2001
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