Gerald m easter capital coercion and postcommunist states ithaca ny london cornell university press 2012 xi th 241pp gbp1650 2695 p b t his study is a masterful effort to explore . In capital coercion and postcommunist states gerald m easter shows how the cumulative result of the many battles between state coercion and societal capital over taxation gave rise to these distinctive transition outcomes easters fiscal sociology of the postcommunist state highlights the interconnected paths that led from the fiscal crisis of the old regime through the revenue bargains . Capital coercion and postcommunist states book description the postcommunist transitions produced two very different types of states the contractual state is associated with the countries of eastern europe which moved toward democratic regimes consensual relations with society and clear boundaries between political power and economic . Pthe postcommunist transitions produced two very different types of states the contractual state is associated with the countries of eastern europe which moved toward democratic regimes consensual relations with society and clear boundaries between political power and economic wealth the predatory state is associated with the successors to the ussr which instead developed