20 Years after the Collapse of Communism: Expectations, achievements and disillusions of 1989 - Couverture rigide

Koleva, Daniela; Hayoz, Nicolas; Jesien, Leszek

 
9783034305389: 20 Years after the Collapse of Communism: Expectations, achievements and disillusions of 1989
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 3034305389 ISBN 13 : 9783034305389
Editeur : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2011

Synopsis

The volume is an attempt to assess the meanings of 1989, in particular the multiple transformation processes and their effects in Eastern Europe. Obviously, the realities of the post-communist transformations have not met the expectations. Were the expectations too high ? Did democratic institutions prove incompatible with local cultures ? Was their implementation too fast to correspond to a genuine development of democratic culture ? Whatever the reasons, the road to democracy has turned out to be steeper and the communist legacy heavier than expected. The authors of this volume seek to comprehend the intricacies of various aspects of the post-communist transition ; looking at a broad array of countries that have followed different paths. The studies combine methods of different disciplines. ‘Insider' perspectives are juxtaposed with external assessments. This comparative and problem based approach brings into focus the ambiguities of the unfinished transformations as well as their broader cultural contexts : the politics of history and the battles for new memory, the re-signification of past and present, and the problematic transformation of homo sovieticus into an autonomous and responsive subject.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nicolas Hayoz is associate professor of political science and the director of the Interfaculty Institute for Central and Eastern Europe at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). Leszek Jesie ? coordinates the EU research at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, and lectures at the Collegium Civitas and the National School of Public Administration in Warsaw. Daniela Koleva is associate professor at the Department for History and Theory of Culture, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia.

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Éditeur
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3034305389
ISBN 13 
9783034305389
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
682
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