LEADER 03625nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910462146803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-58444-1 010 $a9786613896896 010 $a0-7391-7411-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241445 035 $a(EBL)1013594 035 $a(OCoLC)853359982 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711922 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12321521 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711922 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10723473 035 $a(PQKB)11128755 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1013594 035 $a(PPN)166696498 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1013594 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10595653 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389689 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241445 100 $a20120611d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTransformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012$b[electronic resource] $egeopolitical, cultural, and socioeconomic shifts /$fTomas Kavaliauskas 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-7410-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Europe 327 $a9 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 Katyn? Does Not Happen Twice; Bibliography; Index 330 $aTransformations 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.