LEADER 04099oam 2200793 c 450 001 9910974182503321 005 20260102090118.0 010 $a3-8382-6717-6 024 3 $a9783838267173 035 $a(CKB)3710000000457368 035 $a(EBL)4333678 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001646851 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16417324 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001646851 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14951752 035 $a(PQKB)11062628 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5782689 035 $a(OCoLC)1104089202 035 $a(Perlego)773231 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5782689 035 $a(ibidem)9783838267173 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000457368 100 $a20260102d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChanging Images of the Left in Bulgaria $eAn Old-and-New Divide? /$fBoris Popivanov, Andreas Umland 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHannover$cibidem$d2015 215 $a1 online resource (235 p.) 225 0 $aSoviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society$v145 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a3-8382-0717-3 311 08$a3-8382-0667-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-208). 327 $aContents; Abbreviations of political parties and organizations; Other important abbreviations; Preface; 1 Contextualizing the Bulgarian Left: The Communist Successor Parties in Central and Eastern Europe; 1.1 The Post-Communist Left in Central and Eastern Europe; 1.2 Programmatic and Structural Change within CEE Communist Parties; 1.3 Programmatic and Structural Transformation of BCP; 2 The Complex Historical Pathways of the Bulgarian Socialist Party; 2.1 A Proletarian Party with no Proletariat; 2.2 BCP in its Attempt to be Party of the Entire People 327 $a2.3 The Party in the Transition and the Transition in the Party3 Leftist Elite and Leftist Supporters: An Emerging Divide; 3.1 Has the Socialist Leadership been Sliding 'Right'?; 3.2 Has the Socialist Electorate been Sliding 'Left'?; 4 The Bulgarian Post-Communist Left in Crisis. Is a New Left on the Way?; 4.1 The Challenge of New Leftist Projects; 4.2 The Challenge of New Leftist Groups; 4.3 The Challenge of the 'Protest Year' 2013; In Lieu of a Conclusion; Bibliography 330 $aThe violent protests that shook Bulgaria in recent years were fueled by a widespread belief that, after 25 years of transition, a new base for the political process is required. In this important new study, Popivanov provides a critical re-assessment of the role of the Bulgarian Socialist Party?arguably, the single most important political entity in Bulgaria's post-communist history. Assessing its internal problems and the challenges it faces from a new and radical grassroots Left, Popivanov asks why and how Bulgaria's Socialist Party was the only one in the Eastern bloc to remain an important political organization, after the end of communism. This timely book skillfully analyzes the current societal and political situation in Bulgaria that threatens the Socialists and argues for a complete reformulation of the concept of the'Bulgarian Left'. 410 0$aSoviet and post-Soviet politics and society. 606 $apolitics 606 $aBulgaria 606 $a21st Century 606 $ahistory 606 $aLeftist 606 $apost-communism 606 $atransformation 606 $atransition 606 $aBulgarian Socialist Party 615 4$apolitics 615 4$aBulgaria 615 4$a21st Century 615 4$ahistory 615 4$aLeftist 615 4$apost-communism 615 4$atransformation 615 4$atransition 615 4$aBulgarian Socialist Party 676 $a324.2499074 700 $aPopivanov$b Boris$4aut$01644899 702 $aUmland$b Andreas$4edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974182503321 996 $aChanging images of the left in Bulgaria$93991009 997 $aUNINA