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16 of the Best Books and Articles on: Post-Soviet Eastern Europe

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1.

Political Change in Eastern Europe since 1989: Prospects for Liberal Democracy and a Market Economy » Read Now
by Robert Zuzowski. 168 pgs.

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What makes some Eastern European countries politically victorious and economically prosperous while others have failed in both regards? Zuzowski deals with fundamental changes in the area after the demise of communism. He argues that the past is important because it is usually a reliable indicator...
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What makes some Eastern European countries politically victorious and economically prosperous while others have failed in both regards? Zuzowski deals with fundamental changes in the area after the demise of communism. He argues that the past is important because it is usually a reliable indicator of things to come in the near future. He also states that if systemic transformation is to succeed, a new totalism or comprehensive change introduced swiftly and based on justice and a rule of law is necessary.
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Russia and Eastern Europe after Communism: The Search for New Political, Economic, and Security Systems » Read Now
by Michael Kraus, Ronald D. Liebowitz. 354 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of the Soviet era upon institutional...provided Western Europe with the opportunity...Communist appeal in Eastern and Central Europe is "the emergence...the Communist era...
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Regimes, Politics, and Markets: Democratization and Economic Change in Southern and Eastern Europe » Read Now
by Jose Maria Maravall. 269 pgs.

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...This ambitious study, by a leading Spanish social scientist, analyzes the mutual relationships between politics and the economy. Focusing on the experiences of Southern and...
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Revolution and Change in Central and Eastern Europe: Political, Economic, and Social Challenges » Read Now
by Minton F. Goldman, Karl W. Ryavec. 512 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...POLITICS IN EASTERN EUROPE A GUIDE TO...governments of that era seem to have...communist era considered...Central and Eastern Europe a logical object...are running Eastern...
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East European Communities: The Struggle for Balance in Turbulent Times » Read Now
by David A. Kideckel. 261 pgs.

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...farms in the socialist era. He made a special...Joint Committee on Eastern Europe of the Social Science...united. Elsewhere in eastern Europe the opposition was...
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Surge to Freedom: The End of Communist Rule in Eastern Europe » Read Now
by J. F. Brown. 352 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Khrushchev era actually came...socialism in Eastern Europe. It was not...in the new era of "real existing...its grip on Eastern Europe by increasing...party was over...
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Change in Eastern Europe » Read Now
by Robert Weiner. 186 pgs.

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...Weiner provides a detailed examination of the history of the area; the causes of the Revolutions of 1989; and the key problems associated with the post-communist...
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The New Elite in Post-Communist Eastern Europe » Read Now
by Vladimir Shlapentokh, Christopher Vanderpool, Boris Doktorov. 402 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

"With the collapse of the Soviet Union, a radical metamorphosis took place in Eastern Europe as major power structures were replaced by new systems of power and authority. With new power systems came new types of dominant elites. The New Elite in Post-Communist Eastern Europe identifies those elites...
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"With the collapse of the Soviet Union, a radical metamorphosis took place in Eastern Europe as major power structures were replaced by new systems of power and authority. With new power systems came new types of dominant elites. The New Elite in Post-Communist Eastern Europe identifies those elites who have gained control of the political, economic, cultural, and scientific institutions of the new state systems and examines the nature of power in the post-Communist world and the relationships between the old and new elite."--BOOK JACKET.
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Hopes and Shadows: Eastern Europe after Communism » Read Now
by J. F. Brown. 386 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...conquest of South-Eastern Europe beginning...the Stalinist era was over...pre-World War II Eastern Europe, and in the communist era, too, when...postcommunist, era...
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Post-Communist Eastern Europe and the Middle East: The Burden of History and New Political Realities, in Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) » Read Now
by Andrej Kreutz. 3 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...139) Russias Middle Eastern politics, like its foreign...clearly shown that "the era of domination by a single...to the Mediterranean and Europe with the exclusion of...
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Representational Mechanisms and Ethnopolitics: Evidence from Transitional Democracies in Eastern Europe, in East European Quarterly » Read Now
by John T. Ishiyama. 29 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Russophones as well as from Western Europe and the United States. The latter...Broadcast Information Service--Eastern Europe (hereafter referred to as FBIS...the Communist...
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Nations in Turmoil: Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern Europe » Read Now
by Janusz Bugajski. 280 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...altered relations between Moscow and all of the eastern European capitals. Although contacts at the governmental level...independent states. Some sources estimate that the...
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Politics and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe: Traditions and Transitions » Read Now
by William H. Swatos Jr. 232 pgs.

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This timely collection of 13 essays addresses a variety of aspects of political-religious interaction in the former Eastern Bloc. The studies reported here draw upon both quantitative and qualitative research methods in examining politics and religion in the former Soviet Union, East Germany...
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This timely collection of 13 essays addresses a variety of aspects of political-religious interaction in the former Eastern Bloc. The studies reported here draw upon both quantitative and qualitative research methods in examining politics and religion in the former Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and in Poland and Hungary. Contributors from North American and Western, Central, and Eastern Europe bring a fascinating variety of perspectives and styles of analysis to bear permitting a "dual" comparative overview--not only of the different countries but of different approaches to the topic.
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Environmental Security and Quality after Communism: Eastern Europe and the Soviet Successor States » Read Now
by Joan DeBardeleben, John Hannigan. 188 pgs.

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...Kramer notes that in Eastern Europe the future of nuclear...existing Soviet-era plants will likely...weaker than in the European post-Soviet states...Soviet and East...
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Critical Management Research in Eastern Europe: Managing the Transition » Read Now
by Mihaela Kelemen, Monika Kostera. 271 pgs.

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Presenting a wealth of new ethnographic and interview-based research,Critical Management Research in Eastern Europe argues that the reform process in Central and Eastern Europe has been dominated by the traditional 'Western' view of management practice. However, this approach overlooks the fact that...
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Presenting a wealth of new ethnographic and interview-based research,Critical Management Research in Eastern Europe argues that the reform process in Central and Eastern Europe has been dominated by the traditional 'Western' view of management practice. However, this approach overlooks the fact that certain managerial and organizational practices developed in Central and Eastern Europe may still be appropriate and indeed effective within this particular setting. The book brings together authors from both East and West Europe to evaluate how the two systems can best be harmonized.
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The World They Have Lost: An Assessment of Change in Eastern Europe, in Social Research » Read Now
by Miguel Angel Centeno, Tania Rands. 34 pgs.

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...greater openness to external ideas. One measure of this is the amount of international telephone traffic between the Eastern European countries and the rest of the world...