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1 online resource |
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PART 1. INTRODUCTION -- Twenty-five years after 1989 : issues in postcommunist Europe / Sharon L. Wolchik and Jane L. Curry -- PART 2. POLICIES AND ISSUES -- The political transition / Valerie Bunce -- Re-creating the market / Sharon Fisher -- Social aspects of transformation / Alfio Cerami -- Ethnicity, nationalism, and the expansion of democracy / Zsuzsa Csergo -- Women's participation in postcommunist politics / Marilyn Rueschemeyer -- Transitional justice in Central and Eastern Europe / Peter Rožič and Brian Grodsky -- EU accession and after / Ronald Linden with Shane Killian -- Security issues : NATO and beyond / Joshua Spero -- PART 3. CASE STUDIES -- Poland : the politics of "god's playground" / Jane L. Curry -- The Czech and Slovak Republics : two paths to the same destination / Sharon L. Wolchik -- Hungary : from postcommunism to populist nationalism / Federigo Argentieri -- The Baltic countries : changes and challenges in the new Europe / Daina S. Eglitis -- Bulgaria : progress and development / Janusz Bugajski -- Romania : old problems and new challenges / Daniel Brett -- Albania : the challenges of transition / Elez Biberaj -- Former Yugoslavia and its successors / Mark Baskin and Paula Pickering -- Ukraine : leaving the crossroads / Taras Kuzio -- PART 4. CONCLUSION -- Twenty-five years after 1989 : a balance sheet / Sharon L. Wolchik and Jane L. Curry |
| Summary |
Now fully updated, this text explores the post-communist half of Europe along with the problems and potential it brings, offering an authoritative and up-to-date analysis of the transformations in today's Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and Ukraine |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 6, 2015) |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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European Union
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European Union fast |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization fast |
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Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern
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Post-communism -- Europe, Central
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Democracy -- Europe, Eastern
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Democracy -- Europe, Central
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Democracy
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Politics and government
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Post-communism
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Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000580
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Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003220
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Central Europe
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Eastern Europe
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Wolchik, Sharon L., editor
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Curry, Jane Leftwich, 1948- editor.
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| LC no. |
2014037276 |
| ISBN |
9781442224223 |
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1442224223 |
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