Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012 : geopolitical, cultural, and socioeconomic shifts /

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Author / Creator:Kavaliauskas, Tomas.
Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.
Description:xix, 208 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8923699
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ISBN:9780739174104 (cloth : alk. paper)
073917410X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780739174111 (electronic)
0739174118 (electronic)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword: Rediscovering Postcommunist Central Europe
  • Introduction
  • 1. Defining Central Europe as a Postcommunist Region
  • 2. Positive and Negative Freedom in Central Europe before and after 1989
  • 3. Virtual and Real Freedom in Central Europe after 1989
  • 4. The Complete and Incomplete Transition in Central Europe
  • 5. Fluctuating Socioeconomics and Postsocialist Inverted Morals
  • 6. The Salvation of the Two Europes in 1968 from the Perspective of 1989
  • 7. Vilnius 10 Group-Geopolitical Emancipation or a Lost Opportunity for Angelic Moral Politics?
  • 8. The Demiurge of the EU and Central Europe
  • 9. Different Meanings Applied to May 9th Victory Day in WWII: Russian and Baltic Perspectives after 1989
  • 10. Social and Political Meaning of Light in Central Europe before and after 1989
  • 11. Communist Nostalgia as Extrapolation of the Past into the Present
  • 12. Katyn Does Not Happen Twice
  • Bibliography
  • Index