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The Five Faces of Communism
Goulash Communism
Episode 3
Episode 3: If you can't win them over, then buy then off; Goulash communism defined as the death of ideology in the 1960's and the concentration on raising living standards - anything for a quiet life; the corrupt bargain and how this affects ordinary people; Goulash communism in a crisis; What if regimes lack the resources and buy people off?
George Schopflin Professor of Western European Politics London School of Economics.
Leszek Kołakowski, former Polish Communist Party member, Professor of Philosophy, Warsaw University.
Peter Wiles, Professor of Economics of the Soviet Union, London School of Economics
George Urban, Specialist, Hungarian Affairs, Professor of Politics, Sussex University
Peter Redway, Professor of Politics, London School of Economics
Pavel Tigrid, Editor of the Czech Journal, Witness
Name withheld, Czech journalist.