Communism and

Post Communism
 PRESENTERS

Glaiza Fate Jonna Mae Dominic Kent

Tabudlong Rollon Albeso
 Definition
Communism is a political and economic ideology
that position itself in opposition to liberal
democracy and capitalism, advocating instead for a
classless system in which the means of production
are owned communally.
• Communism advocates classless society in
which all property and wealth are communally
owned , instead of by individuals.

• Communist ideology was developed by Karl

Marx and Friedrich Engels and is opposite of
capitalism.
 ORIGINS OF
COMMUNISM
Developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in mid-
19 century in their book “Communist Manifesto” in
th

1848.

Outlined the core principles of communism, including

abolition of private property, collective ownership of
the means of production, and the classless society.
 EXAMPLE OF
COMMUNIST
• Soviet Union - was a
communist state in 1922 and
collapsed in 1991.

• China – governed by Chinese

Communist Party since 1949
 POST
• The periodCOMMUNISM
following the collapse of communist
regimes and the former Soviet Union in the late
1980s and 1990s.

• Transition from centrally planned economies to

market oriented and from authoritarian to
democratic form of government.
REASONS WHY POST-COMMUNISM
EMERGED

1. Failure of the Communist System

2. Reforms and collapse of Soviet Union
3. Regime Changes
4. Desire for Independence and Nationalism
The fall of communism led to a turbulent
transition in former communist countries
towards market economies and more pluralistic
political systems.