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Author Ramet, Sabrina P., 1949-

Title The liberal project and the transformation of democracy : the case of East Central Europe / Sabrina P. Ramet
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 178 pages)
Series Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe
Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe
Contents Introduction -- Liberalism and the moral law, then and now -- Liberalism and capitalism : an unhappy marriage -- Three views of sovereignty : the East European connection -- The so-called right of national self-determination and other myths -- Three models of church-state condominium -- The fate of women in post-1989 Eastern Europe -- The purpose of political association -- Legitimacy or order : which is the fulcrum?
Summary Drawing on a classical understanding of "liberalism" based on a philosophy of Natural Law, she probes the issues of capitalism, national sovereignty and self-determination, gender inequality, and political legitimacy in the context of Eastern Europe's particular experience
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-161) and index
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Subject Liberalism -- Europe, Eastern
Democracy -- Europe, Eastern
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Democracy
Liberalism
Politics and government
SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000580
Subject Eastern Europe
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006021787
ISBN 9781603445023
1603445021
1299053157
9781299053151