He traces the roots of political polarization to high levels of income inequality and the institutional legacy of communist rule by identifying when and how democracy fosters markets and states this work contributes to long standing debates in comparative politics public policy and post communist studies. Does democracy promote the creation of market economies and robust state institutions do state building and market building go hand in hand or do they work at cross purposes this book examines the relationship between state building and market building in 25 post communist countries from 1990 to . Building states and markets after communism the perils of polarized democracyb y timothy frye new y ork cambridge university press 2010 312 pp 9900 hardcover isbn 9780521767736. Building states and markets after communism the perils of polarized democracy timothy frye frontmatter more information cambridge studies in comparative politics general editor margaret levi university of washington seattle assistant general editors. Download citation building states and markets after communism the perils of polarized democracy by timothy frye cambridge studies in comparative politics cambridge eng cambridge