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From Eastern Bloc to European Union: Comparative Processes of Transformation since 1990
Günther Heydemann (Ed.)
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Hardback. Each chapter analyzes the political, economic, and social transformation processes that have taken place in a given nation, identifying structural similarities and assessing outcomes compared to one another as well as the rest of Europe. Editor(s): Heydemann, Gunther; Vodicka, Karel. Series: Contemporary European History. Num Pages: 394 pages, 56 figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; 3JJPR; 3JMC; 3JMG; HBJD; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
More than 25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, European integration remains a work in progress, especially in those Eastern European nations most dramatically reshaped by democratization and economic liberalization. This volume assembles detailed, empirically grounded studies of eleven states—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and the former East Germany—that went on to join the European Union. Each chapter analyzes the political, economic, and social transformations that have taken place in these nations, using a comparative approach to identify structural similarities and assess outcomes relative to one another as well as ... Read more
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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Contemporary European History
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785333170
SKU
V9781785333170
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About Günther Heydemann (Ed.)
Günther Heydemann is the Chair for Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Leipzig and Director of the Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism at the Technical University of Dresden. He has taught in the United States, Italy, Russia, and Tunisia. His most recent publication is Sachsen und der Nationalsozialismus, coedited with Jan Erik Schulte and Francesca Weil ... Read more
Reviews for From Eastern Bloc to European Union: Comparative Processes of Transformation since 1990
“Heydemann and Vodička have edited a praiseworthy and fascinating anthology that makes up an important read for academic teaching on the topic and basically for anybody interested in the state of research on this subject….It is their comparatist view that makes the book a commendable publication. In a time, when the ‘West’ and the ‘East’ in the EU seem to ... Read more