Central and Southeast European politics since 1989 /

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Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019. ©2019
Description:	xxi, 618 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Post-communism -- Europe, Central. Post-communism -- Balkan Peninsula. Politics and government. Post-communism. Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989- Balkan Peninsula -- Politics and government -- 1989- Balkan Peninsula. Central Europe.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11973407

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Other authors / contributors:	Ramet, Sabrina P., 1949- editor. Hassenstab, Christine, 1948- editor.
ISBN:	9781108499910 1108499910 9781108718660 1108718663 9781108752466
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In 2009, when the first edition of this book was put to bed, the challenges in Central and Southeastern Europe looked formidable enough. The old order had collapsed across the region in the course of the years 1989-91, although the War of Yugoslav Succession (1991-95), the War for Kosovo (1998-99), and the Albanian Insurrection in Macedonia (2001) created additional complications for the Yugoslav successor states. But, as of 2009, the consensus among those watching the region was that Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia at least seemed to be heading in the direction of liberal democracy, in spite of some bumps on the road in the cases of Slovakia and Slovenia and, in some quarters, also a cautious optimism that the entire region would, over time, accept European Union (EU) standards, deal effectively with corruption, and establish traditions of free and fair elections. But throughout the region, there were problems with corruption, subverting political processes, diverting public funds into private pockets, and corrupting the privatization process. Religiously inspired intolerance of gays and lesbians was, and has continued to be, a problem, especially in Southeastern Europe. But in 2004, the EU admitted 10 new members--among them, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Romania and Bulgaria were admitted to the EU in 2007 (followed by Croatia in 2013)"--

Table of Contents:

The challenge of transformation since 1989 : an introduction / Sabrina P. Ramet and Christine M. Hassenstab
Post-socialist models of rule in Central and Southeastern Europe / Sabrina P. Ramet and F. Peter Wagner
Media, journalism, and the third wave of democratization in former communist countries / Peter Gross
Economic reforms and the burdens of transition / Karl Kaser
The war of Yugoslav succession / Marko Attila Hoare
Poland since 1989 : muddling through, wall to wall / Konstanty Gebert
Building democratic values in the Czech Republic since 1989 / Carol Skalnik Leff
Slovakia since 1989 / Erika Harris and Karen Henderson
Two faces of Hungary : from democratization to democratic backsliding / Andras Bozoki and Eszter Simon
Slovenia since 1989 / Danica Fink-Hafner
Politics in Croatia since 1990 / Sabrina P. Ramet and Ivo Goldstein
Serbia and Montenegro since 1989 / Sabrina P. Ramet
Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1991 / Florian Bieber
Macedonia/North Macedonia since 1989 / Zachary T. Irwin
Kosova : from resisting expulsion to building on independence / Frances Trix
Romania : in the shadow of the past / Lavinia Stan
Bulgaria since 1989 / Maria Spirova and Radostina Sharenkova-Toshkova
Albania since 1989 : the Hoxhaist legacy / Bernd J. Fischer
Regional security and regional relations / Rick Fawn
The European Union and democratization in Central and Southeastern Europe since 1989 / Ulrich Sedelmeier
Conclusion: Adapting to the 21st century : lessons, progress, and regression / Aurel Braun.

Central and Southeast European politics since 1989 /

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