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Communist States and International Change provides the first comprehensive analysis of the ways in which changes in the international environment affect both the domestic politics and economies - and the foreign policies - of communist countries. Professor Linden's comparative study examines the impact of such factors as detente, East-West trade, and fluctuations in the international capitalist economy on Romania and Yugoslavia to develop a broader theory of the ways in which Eastern European states adapt to external changes. This book will be of interest to Soviet and East European specialists and to scholars of international relations, comparative politics, and political economy more generally.