04536nam 2201057 450 991079653180332120210316163618.01-78920-821-110.1515/9781785333187(CKB)4100000000786462(MiAaPQ)EBC4715923(DE-B1597)636674(DE-B1597)9781785333187(PPN)232695202(EXLCZ)99410000000078646220170519d2017 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierFrom Eastern Bloc to European Union comparative processes of transformation since 1990 /edited by Guenther Heydemann and Karel VodickaNew York :Berghahn Books,2017.1 online resource (416 pages) color illustrationsContemporary European history ;volume 22Originally published: Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013.1-78533-318-6 1-78533-317-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Estonia -- Chapter 2 Latvia -- Chapter 3 Lithuania -- Chapter 4 The GDR -- Chapter 5 Poland -- Chapter 6 The Czech Republic -- Chapter 7 The Slovak Republic -- Chapter 8 Slovenia -- Chapter 9 Hungary -- Chapter 10 Romania -- Chapter 11 Bulgaria -- Conclusion: Post-Communist Space: State of Consolidation and Prospects: Politics, Economy, Society -- Bibliography -- Index"More than 25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, European integration remains a work in progress, especially in those Eastern European nations most dramatically reshaped by democratization and economic liberalization. This volume assembles detailed, empirically grounded studies of eleven states--Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and the former East Germany--that went on to join the European Union. Each chapter analyzes the political, economic, and social transformations that have taken place in these nations, using a comparative approach to identify structural similarities and assess outcomes relative to one another as well as the rest of the EU."--Provided by publisher.Studies in contemporary European history ;volume 22.Post-communismEuropeDemocracyEurope, EasternDemocracyEurope, CentralEurope, EasternPolitics and government1989-Europe, CentralPolitics and government1989-Europe, EasternRelationsEuropean Union countriesEurope, CentralRelationsEuropean Union countriesEuropean Union countriesRelationsEurope, EasternEuropean Union countriesRelationsEurope, Centralbulgaria.business.comparative approach.czech republic.diplomacy.east germany.economic liberalization.engaging.estonia.eu.europe.european integration.european nations.european union.former soviet republics.history.human condition.hungary.immigration and immigrants.latvia.lithuania.money and power.poland.political ideologies.political intrigue.political science.political.power and wealth.retrospective.revolutionaries.romania.slovakia.slovenia.social issues.social transformations.soviet union.Post-communismDemocracyDemocracy341.242/20947MG 80086rvkHeydemann Günther1950-Vodička Karel1949-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796531803321From Eastern Bloc to European Union3835962UNINA