03625nam 2200721Ia 450 991046214680332120200520144314.01-283-58444-197866138968960-7391-7411-8(CKB)2670000000241445(EBL)1013594(OCoLC)853359982(SSID)ssj0000711922(PQKBManifestationID)12321521(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711922(PQKBWorkID)10723473(PQKB)11128755(MiAaPQ)EBC1013594(PPN)166696498(Au-PeEL)EBL1013594(CaPaEBR)ebr10595653(CaONFJC)MIL389689(EXLCZ)99267000000024144520120611d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTransformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012[electronic resource] geopolitical, cultural, and socioeconomic shifts /Tomas KavaliauskasLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20121 online resource (232 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-7410-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 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 Europe9 Different Meanings Applied to May 9th Victory Day in WWII10 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 Katyń Does Not Happen Twice; Bibliography; IndexTransformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012: Geopolitical, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Shifts by Tomas Kavaliauskas, is an in-depth study of the transformations in Central Europe in the years since the fall of Communism. In a comparative analysis of geopolitical, ethical, cultural, and socioeconomic shifts, this essential text investigates post-communist countries including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovenia. </spPost-communismEurope, CentralPost-communismEurope, EasternGeopoliticsSocial changeEurope, CentralPolitics and government1989-Europe, EasternPolitics and government1989-Europe, CentralSocial conditions1989-Europe, EasternSocial conditions1989-Europe, CentralEconomic conditions1989-Europe, EasternEconomic conditions1989-Electronic books.Post-communismPost-communismGeopolitics.Social change.943.0009/049Kavaliauskas Tomas854744MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462146803321Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 20121908570UNINA