Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe addresses the emergence of uncertain pluralism in the region following the disintegration of the communist regimes in 1989. Taking a broad historical approach, the volume considers issues and challenges that have marked Eastern Europe from 1939 through World War II and the era of socialism, up to the present. Eight comprehensive country studies are augmented by detailed assessments of economic developments, security issues, religious currents, cultural policies, and gender relations in the region.

Sabrina P. Ramet is Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her publications include Nationalism and Federalism in Yugoslavia, Social Currents in Eastern Europe, and Balkan Babel: The Disintegration of Yugoslavia from the Death of Tito to Ethnic War.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction

1

(14)

Sabrina P. Ramet

PART ONE Historical Background

Eastern Europe's Defining Fault Lines

15

(20)

Gale Stokes

PART TWO Countries

Czechoslovakia

35

(36)

Sharon L. Wolchik

Hungary

71

(23)

Laszlo Kurti

The German Democratic Republic

94

(32)

Brigitte H. Schulz

Poland

126

(33)

Jack Bielasiak

Yugoslavia

159

(31)

Sabrina P. Ramet

Romania

190

(34)

William Crowther

Bulgaria

224

(27)

Spas T. Raikin

Albania

251

(34)

Elez Biberaj

PART THREE Policy Spheres

Women and the Politics of Gender in Communist and Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe

285

(19)

Sharon L. Wolchik

Religion and Politics in Eastern Europe

304

(26)

Paula Franklin Lytle

Eastern European Cinema

330

(22)

Herbert J. Eagle

The Economic Challenges of Post-Communist Marketization

352

(23)

Andrei Kuznetsov

Democracy, Markets, and Security in Eastern Europe

375

(21)

Daniel N. Nelson

Georgeta V. Pourchot

Democracy, Tolerance, and the Cycles of History

396

(9)

Sabrina P. Ramet

For Further Reading

405

(8)

Contributors

413

(4)

Index

417

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