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A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a
Communist states are typically
As a term, communist state is used by Western historians, political scientists, and media to refer to these countries. However,
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During the 20th century, the world's first constitutionally communist state was in
Today, the existing communist states in the world are in China, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and North Korea (DPRK). These communist states often do not claim to have achieved socialism or communism in their countries but to be building and working toward the establishment of socialism in their countries. The preamble to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's Constitution states that Vietnam only entered a transition stage between capitalism and socialism after the country was re-unified under the communist party in 1976[22] and the 1992 Constitution of the Republic of Cuba states that the role of the communist party is to "guide the common effort toward the goals and construction of socialism."[23] The DPRK's constitution outlines a socialist economy and the ruling Workers' Party of Korea remains ideologically committed to communism.
Institutions
Communist states share similar institutions, which are organised on the premise that the communist party is a vanguard of the proletariat and represents the long-term interests of the people. The doctrine of democratic centralism, developed by Vladimir Lenin as a set of principles to be used in the internal affairs of the communist party, is extended to society at large.[24] According to democratic centralism, the people must elect all leaders, and all proposals must be debated openly, but once a decision has been reached, all people have a duty to account to that decision. When used within a political party, democratic centralism is meant to prevent factionalism and splits. When applied to an entire state, democratic centralism creates a one-party system.[24] The constitutions of most communist states describe their political system as a form of democracy.[25] They recognize the sovereignty of the people as embodied in a series of representative parliamentary institutions. Such states do not have a separation of powers and instead have one national legislative body (such as the Supreme Soviet in the Soviet Union), which is bestowed with unitary power and is often defined as the highest organ of state power. Unitary power means that the legislature has the power of the judiciary, legislature and executive but chooses to delegate these powers to other institutions.[26]
In communist states, the unitary legislatures often have a similar structure to the parliaments in liberal republics, with two significant differences. First, the deputies elected to these unitary legislatures are not expected to represent the interests of any particular constituency but rather the long-term interests of the people as a whole; and second, against Karl Marx's advice, the unitary legislatures of communist states are not in permanent session. Instead, they convene once or several times yearly in sessions that usually last only a few days.[27] When the unitary legislature is not in session, its powers are transferred to a smaller council (often called a presidium) which acts as a collective head of state. In some systems, the presidium is composed of crucial communist party members who vote the resolutions of the communist party into law.[27]
A feature of communist states is the existence of numerous state-sponsored social organisations (associations of journalists, teachers, writers and other professionals,
Historically, the political organisation of many socialist states has been dominated by a one-party monopoly. Some communist governments such as those in
State
According to
In "The Tax in Kind",
Ideology permeates these states.[36] According to scholar Peter Tang, "[t]he supreme test of whether a Communist Party-state remains revolutionarily dedicated or degenerates into a revisionist or counterrevolutionary system lies in its attitude toward the Communist ideology."[37] Therefore, the sole ideological purpose of communist states is to spread socialism and to reach that goal these states have to be guided by Marxism–Leninism.[37] The communist states have opted for two ways to achieve this goal, namely govern indirectly by Marxism–Leninism through the party (Soviet model), or commit the state officially through the constitution to Marxism–Leninism (Maoist China–Albania model).[38] The Soviet model is the most common and is currently in use in China.[39]
Marxism–Leninism was mentioned in the
People's democratic state
The people's democratic state was implemented in Eastern Europe after World War II.[40] It can be defined as a state and society in which feudal vestiges have been liquidated and where the system of private ownership exists, but the state-owned enterprises in the field of industry, transport, and credit eclipse it.[41]
In the words of
People's republican state
The
Additional people's republics emerged following the Allied victory in World War II, mainly within the Soviet Union's Eastern Bloc.[47][48][49][50][51][52][53] In Asia, China became a people's republic following the Chinese Communist Revolution[54] and North Korea also became a people's republic.[55]
During the 1960s, Romania and Yugoslavia ceased to use the term people's republic in their official name, replacing it with the term socialist republic as a mark of their ongoing political development. Czechoslovakia also added the term socialist republic into its name during this period; it had become a people's republic in 1948, but the country had not used that term in its official name.[56] Albania used both terms in its official name from 1976 to 1991.[57]
National-democratic state
The concept of the national-democratic state tried to theorize how a state could develop socialism by bypassing the
The countries where the national liberation movements took power and instituted an
Socialist-oriented state
A
The socialist-oriented states had seven defining features, namely, they were revolutionary democracies, had a revolutionary-democratic party, class dictatorship, defense of the socialist-oriented states, had organs of socialisation, initiated socialist construction, and the type of socialist-oriented state (either national-democratic or people's democratic).
Unlike capitalism which is ruled by the bourgeoisie class, and socialism, where the proletariat leads, the socialist-oriented state represents a broad and heterogeneous group of classes that seek to consolidate national independence.
Socialist state
A
The state system of unitary power
Legislatures as the highest organ of state power
All communist political systems practices
The
By having legislatures, the Marxist–Leninist parties try to keep ideological consistency between supporting representative institutions and safeguarding the party's leading role.[74] They seek to use the legislatures as a linkage between the rulers and the ruled.[74] These institutions are representative and usually mirror the population in areas such as ethnicity and language, "yet with occupations distributed in a manner skewed towards government officials."[74] Unlike in liberal democracies, legislatures of communist states are not to act as a forum for conveying demands or interest articulation—they meet too infrequently for this to be the case.[84] This might explain why communist states have not developed terms such as delegates and trustees to give legislature representatives the power to vote according to their best judgement or in the interest of their constituency.[84] Scholar Daniel Nelson has noted: "As with the British parliament before the seventeenth-century turmoil secured its supremacy, legislative bodies in communist states physically portray the 'realm' ruled by (to stretch an analogy) 'kings'. Members of the assemblies 'represent' the population to whom the rulers speak and over whom they govern, convening a broader 'segment of society' [...] than the court itself."[84] Despite this, it does not mean that the communist states use legislatures to strengthen their communication with the populace—the party, rather than the legislature, could take that function.[84]
Ideologically, it has another function, namely, to prove that communist states do not only represent the interests of the working class but all social strata.[85] Communist states are committed to establishing a classless society and use legislatures to show that all social strata, whether bureaucrat, worker, or intellectual, are committed and have interests in building such a society.[85] As is the case in China, national institutions such as the legislature "must exist which brings together representatives of all nationalities and geographic areas."[85] It does not matter if the legislatures only rubber stamp decisions because by having them, it shows that communist states are committed to incorporating minorities and areas of the country by including them in the composition of the legislature.[85] In communist states, there is usually a high proportion of members who are government officials.[86] In this instance, it might mean that it is less important what legislatures do and more important who its representatives are.[86] The members of such legislatures at central and local levels are usually either government or party officials, leading figures in their community, or national figures outside the communist party.[86] This shows that legislatures are tools to garner popular support for the government in which leading figures campaign and spread information about the party's policies and ideological development.[86]
Furthermore, Western researchers have devoted little attention to legislatures in communist states. The reason is that there are no significant bodies of political socialisation compared to legislatures in liberal democracies. While political leaders in communist states are often elected as members of legislatures, these posts are not relevant to political advancement. The role of legislatures is different from country to country. In the Soviet Union, the Supreme Soviet did "little more than listen to statements from Soviet political leaders and to legitimate decisions already made elsewhere" while in the legislatures of Poland, Vietnam, and Yugoslavia it has been more active and had an impact on rule-making.[87]
Constitution
Role of constitutions
Unlike the relatively constant (and, in some instances,
In communist states, the constitution was a tool to analyse the development of society.[94] The Marxist–Leninist party in question would have to study the correlation of forces, literally society's class structure, before enacting changes.[94] Several terms were coined for different developmental states by Marxist–Leninist legal theorists, including new democracy, people's democracy, and the primary stage of socialism.[92] This is also why amendments to constitutions are not enough and major societal changes need a novel constitution which corresponds with the reality of the new class structure.[92]
With
Constitutional supervision
After
The
Government as the highest administrative agency of state power
The government of communist states is usually defined as the "executive organ of the highest state organ of power" or as the "highest administrative agency of state power".
In communist states, the government was responsible for the overall economic system, public order, foreign relations, and defense.
Judicial organs and socialist law
In every communist state, the judicial and procuratorial bodies are organs of the legislature. For instance, China's
- The socialist law is to disappear with the withering away of the state.[114]
- The rule of the Marxist–Leninist party.[114]
- The socialist law is subordinate and reflects changes to the economic order (the absorption of private law by public law).[114]
- The socialist law has a religious character.[115]
- The socialist law is normative.[115]
Legal officials argue differently for their cases compared to Westerners.
Yugoslav jurist
Military
Control
Communist states have established two types of civil-military systems. The armed forces of most socialist states have historically been state institutions based on the Soviet model,
In the Chinese party-state model, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is a party institution.[131] In the preamble of the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party, it is stated: "The Communist Party of China (CPC) shall uphold its absolute leadership over the People's Liberation Army and other people's armed forces."[131] The PLA carries out its work in accordance with the instructions of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[132] Mao Zedong described the PLA's institutional situation as follows: "Every communist must grasp the truth, 'Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.' Our principle is that the party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party."[133] The Central Military Commission (CMC) is both an organ of the state and the party—it is an organ of the CCP Central Committee and an organ of the national legislature, the National People's Congress.[134] The CCP General Secretary is ex officio party CMC Chairman and the President of the People's Republic of China is by right state CMC Chairman.[134] The composition of the party CMC and the state CMC are identical.[134] The CMC is responsible for the command of the PLA and determines national defence policies.[134] fifteen departments report directly to the CMC and that are responsible for everything from political work to administration of the PLA.[135] Of significance is that the CMC eclipses by far the prerogatives of the CPSU Administrative Organs Department while the Chinese counterpart to the Main Political Directorate supervises not only the military, but also intelligence, the security services, and counterespionage work.[136]
Representation
Unlike in liberal democracies, active military personnel are members and partake in civilian institutions of governance.[137] This is the case in all communist states.[137] The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has elected at least one active military figure to its CPV Politburo since 1986.[138] In the 1986–2006 period, active military figures sitting in the CPV Central Committee stood at an average of 9,2 per cent.[138] Military figures are also represented in the national legislature (the National Assembly) and other representative institutions.[138] In China, the two CMC vice chairmen have had by right office seats in the CCP Politburo since 1987.[139]
Ruling party
Leading role
A Marxist–Leninist party has led every communist state.[71] This party seeks to represent and articulate the interests of the classes exploited by capitalism.[71] It seeks to lead the exploited classes to achieve communism.[71] However, the party cannot be identified with the exploited class in general.[71] Its membership comprises members with advanced consciousness above sectional interests.[71] Therefore, the party represents the advanced section of the exploited classes and, through them, leads the exploited classes by interpreting the universal laws governing human history towards communism.[140]
In
Internal organisation
The Marxist–Leninist governing party organises itself around the principle of democratic centralism and through it, the state too.[145] It means that all directing bodies of the party, from top to bottom, shall be elected; that party bodies shall give periodical accounts of their activities to their respective party organisations; that there shall be strict party discipline and the subordination of the minority to the majority; and that all decisions of higher bodies shall be absolutely binding on lower bodies and on all party members.[145]
The highest organ of a Marxist–Leninist governing party is the party congress.[146] The congress elects the central committee and either an auditing commission and a control commission, or both, although not always.[146] The central committee is the party's highest decision-making organ in-between party congresses and elects a politburo and a secretariat amongst its members and the party's leader.[146] When the central committee is not in session, the politburo is the highest decision-making organ of the party and the secretariat is the highest administrative organ.[146] In certain parties, either the central committee or the politburo elects amongst its members a standing committee of the politburo which acts as the highest decision-making organ in between sessions of the politburo, central committee, and the Congress. This leadership structure is identical all the way down to the primary party organisation of the ruling party.[146]
Economic system
From reading their works, many followers of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels drew the idea that the socialist economy would be based on planning and not market mechanisms.[147] These ideas later developed into believing that planning was superior to the market mechanism.[148] Upon seizing power, the Bolsheviks began advocating a national state planning system.[148] The 8th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) resolved to institute "the maximum centralisation of production [...] simultaneously striving to establish a unified economic plan."[148] The Gosplan, the State Planning Commission, the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy, and other central planning organs were established during the 1920s in the era of the New Economic Policy.[149] On introducing the planning system, it became a common belief in the international communist movement that the Soviet planning system was a more advanced form of economic organisation than capitalism.[150] This led to the system being introduced voluntarily in countries such as China, Cuba, and Vietnam and, in some cases, imposed by the Soviet Union.[150]
In communist states, the state planning system had five main characteristics.[151] Firstly, except for field consumption and employment, practically all decisions were centralized at the top.[151] Secondly, the system was hierarchical—the centre formulated a plan that was sent down to the level below, which would imitate the process and send the plan further down the pyramid.[151] Thirdly, the plans were binding in nature, i.e. everyone had to follow and meet the goals outlined in them.[151] Fourthly, the predominance of calculating in physical terms to ensure planned allocation of commodities were not incompatible with planned production.[151] Finally, money played a passive role within the state sector since the planners focused on physical allocation.[151]
According to
Analysis
Countries such as the
Soviet advocates and socialists responded to criticism by highlighting the ideological differences in the concept of freedom. McFarland and Ageyev noted that "Marxist–Leninist norms disparaged laissez-faire individualism (as when housing is determined by one's ability to pay), also [condemning] wide variations in personal wealth as the West has not. Instead, Soviet ideals emphasized equality—free education and medical care, little disparity in housing or salaries, and so forth."
In his analysis of states run under Marxist–Leninist ideology, economist Michael Ellman of the University of Amsterdam notes that such states compared favorably with Western states in some health indicators such as infant mortality and life expectancy.[160] A 1986 study published in the American Journal of Public Health and a 1992 study published in International Journal of Health Services stated, respectively, that "between countries at similar levels of economic development, socialist countries showed more favorable PQL (physical quality of life) outcomes" and that socialism was "for the most part, more successful than capitalism in improving the health conditions of the world's populations."[161][162]
Philipp Ther posits that there was an increase in the standard of living throughout Eastern Bloc countries as the result of modernisation programs under communist governments.[163] Similarly, Amartya Sen's own analysis of international comparisons of life expectancy found that several Marxist–Leninist states made significant gains and commented "one thought that is bound to occur is that communism is good for poverty removal."[164] The dissolution of the Soviet Union was followed by a rapid increase in poverty,[165][166][167] crime,[168][169] corruption,[170][171] unemployment,[172] homelessness,[173][174] rates of disease,[175][176][177] infant mortality, domestic violence,[178] and income inequality,[179] along with decreases in calorie intake, life expectancy, adult literacy, and income.[180]
Memory
Monuments to the victims of communist states exist in almost all the capitals of Eastern Europe and there are several museums documenting communist rule such as the
According to anthropologist
See also
- List of socialist states
- List of anarchist communities
- Capitalist state
- List of anti-capitalist and communist parties with national parliamentary representation
- List of communist parties
- Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
- Stalinism
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