Since 1989 the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have witnessed a profound and dramatic upheaval. The economic coherence of this region, formerly maintained through the adoption of the Soviet system of government, has fractured. In The East European Economy in Context…
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Since 1989, the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have witnessed a profound and dramatic upheaval. Turnock examines the transition from Communist to free-market economies, both within and between the states of Eastern Europe.
Spurred by recent governmental transitions from dictatorships to democratic institutions, this highly original work argues that negotiated civil society-oriented transitions have an affinity for a distinctive method of constitution making- one that accomplishes the radical chang…
"The collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study argues that Communist states had in fact long been shapers of an interconnecting world, with '1989' instead marking a choice by local elites …
"The collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study argues that Communist states had in fact long been shapers of an interconnecting world, with '1989' instead marking a choice by local elites …
"The collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study argues that Communist states had in fact long been shapers of an interconnecting world, with '1989' instead marking a choice by local elites …
"The collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study argues that Communist states had in fact long been shapers of an interconnecting world, with '1989' instead marking a choice by local elites …
"A useful text and reference book. These essays are at their best in serving both area study and political sociology."--Slavic Review. "Wolchik and Curry have assembled an all-star cast of experts for an authoritative assessment of the progress the region has made toward libera…
Now in a fully updated edition, this essential text explores the other half of Europe--the new and future members of the European Union along with the problems and potential they bring to the region and to the world stage. Clear and comprehensive, itoffers an authoritative and u…
