Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989Sabrina P. Ramet The only textbook to provide a complete introduction to post-1989 Central and Southeast European politics, this dynamic volume provides a comprehensive account of the collapse of communism and the massive transformation that the region has witnessed. It brings together 23 leading specialists to trace the course of the dramatic changes accompanying democratization. The text provides country-by-country coverage, identifying common themes and enabling students to see which are shared throughout the area, giving them a sense of its unity and comparability whilst strengthening understanding around its many different trajectories. The dual thematic focus on democratization and Europeanization running through the text also helps to reinforce this learning process. Each chapter contains a factual overview to give the reader context concerning the region which will be useful for specialists and newcomers to the subject alike. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 3 |
2 Postsocialist models of rule in Central andSoutheastern Europe | 9 |
Part 2 Issues | 37 |
3 The emergence of the nationstate in EastCentral Europe and the Balkans in historical perspective | 39 |
4 Central and East European party systems since 1989 | 64 |
5 Economic reforms and the illusion of transition | 91 |
6 The War of Yugoslav Succession | 111 |
Part 3 Central Europe | 137 |
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1990 | 311 |
15 Macedonia since 1989 | 328 |
resisting expulsion and striving for independence | 358 |
Part 5 Southeastern Europe | 377 |
in the shadow of the past | 379 |
18 Bulgaria since 1989 | 401 |
the Hoxhaist legacy | 421 |
Part 6 Former Soviet republics | 445 |
muddling through wall to wall | 139 |
8 Building democratic values in the Czech Republic since 1989 | 162 |
9 Slovakia since 1989 | 182 |
10 Hungary since 1989 | 204 |
Part 4 Yugoslav Successor States | 233 |
11 Slovenia since 1989 | 235 |
12 Politics in Croatia since 1990 | 258 |
13 Serbia and Montenegro since 1989 | 286 |
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