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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821215303321

Titolo

Democratic transition in Croatia [[electronic resource] ] : value transformation, education & media / / [edited by] Sabrina P. Ramet and Davorka Matić

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-299-05248-7

1-60344-452-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Collana

Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe

Altri autori (Persone)

RametSabrina P. <1949->

MatićDavorka <1962->

Disciplina

320.94972

Soggetti

Democratization - Croatia

Civil society - Croatia

Nationalism - Croatia

Croatia Politics and government 1990-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHRONOLOGY OF CROATIAN HISTORY""; ""DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN CROATIA""; ""WHAT'S LOVE (OF COUNTRY) GOT TO DO WITH IT? Civic Values in Democratic Transition""; ""PART I Historical Context""; ""CROATIA SINCE 1989 The HDZ and the Politics of Transition""; ""REMEMBER VUKOVAR Memory, Sense of Place, and the National Tradition in Croatia""; ""PART II Civic Values and Religion""; ""SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY AND STRENGTH OF CIVIC ATTITUDES Croatia Compared with New and Old Democracies""; ""POLITICAL VALUES AND ATTITUDES""; ""RELIGION AND VALUES""

""PART III Textbooks, Education, and Media""""BETWEEN CIVIC IDENTITY AND NATIONALISM History Textbooks in East-Central and Southeastern Europe""; ""THE USE AND MISUSE OF HISTORY TEACHING IN 1990's CROATIA""; ""MEDIA AND CIVIC VALUES""; ""PART IV Coming to Terms with Nationalism""; ""THE BATTLE FOR CROATIA Three Films by Vinko Brešan""; ""WOMEN ON THE EDGE OF GENDER EQUALITY""; ""CROATIA, REGIONAL COOPERATION, AND THE EU""; ""IS NATIONALISM REALLY THAT BAD? The Case of Croatia""; ""CONCLUSION Building Liberal



Democracy in Croatia""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""INDEX""