Great Restoration: Post-Communist Transformations from the Viewpoint of Comparative Historical Sociology of Restorations

Zenonas Norkus, Ph.D. (1984), Saint-Petersburg University (Russian Federation), is a Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology at Vilnius University, Lithuania. His book publications include Max Weber and Rational Choice (2001), On Baltic Slovenia and Adriatic Lithuania (2012), An Unproclaimed Empire: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (2018).

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction1 Theorising Modern Social Restorations: Received Work1.1 Reworking Seminal Contributions: Robert A. Kann and Rein Taagepera1.2 Redemocratisations of Authoritarian States, Reconstitutions of Failed States and the Rights of Extinct States to Restoration1.3 Conceptualising Restorations: Cultural and Environmental Heritage Protection as Reference Sites2 The Rise and Collapse of Post-Revolutionary Empires: Great Modern Revolutions in Comparison2.1 The Failure of World Revolutions and the Rise of Great Post-Revolutionary Empires: the French and Russian Revolutions in Comparison2.2 The Defeat and Fall of Great Post-Revolutionary (Napoleonic and Soviet) Empires in Comparison2.3 Post-Napoleonic Restoration and Post-Communist Rehabilitation of the International Order in Comparison3 Post-Napoleonic and Post-Communist Domestic Restorations and Rehabilitations in Comparison3.1 Dilemmas of Post-Napoleonic and Post-Communist Domestic Restorations in Comparison3.2 Endurance Failures of (Most) Post-Napoleonic Restorations3.3 Post-Communist Rehabilitations and Restorations on the Endurance Success Track4 Do Progressive Social Restorations Exist?4.1 Did the Post-Napoleonic Restorations Bring Economic, Health and Somatic Progress?4.2 Are Post-Socialist Capitalist Rehabilitations and Restorations Economically Progressive?4.3 Are Post-Socialist Capitalist Rehabilitations and Restorations Health Progressive?4.4 Are Post-Socialist Capitalist Rehabilitations and Restorations Somatically Progressive?ConclusionReferencesIndex