Cultural transformations after communism [[electronic resource] ] : Central and Eastern Europe in focus / / edited by Barbara Törnquist-Plewa & Krzysztof Stala

• Pubblicazione: Lund, : Nordic Academic Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Social change - Europe, Central; Social change - Europe, Eastern; Post-communism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Törnquist PlewaBarbara StalaKrzysztof
• Note generali: Includes papers from an international conference.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Eurosis - a critique of the EU discourse in Slovenia; 2. Globalisation and mode of habitation in Hungary; 3. From Soviet to a Western-dominated political scene; 4. The Polish Christian Right and the idea of the West; 5. Homo Sovieticus surviving democracy?; 6. From regime legitimation to plurality of history?; 7. Looking back, going forward; 8. Nationalism in Romanian textbooks; 9. Estonian transformation From an eastern outpost in the West to a western outpost; 10. Lithuanian national identity ; 11. Ethnic minority schools and politics in post-Soviet LatviaContributors
• Sommario/riassunto: <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>Focusing on the profound transformation in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of the Iron Curtain, this record analyzes complex cultural dimensions, such as lifestyles, habits, value markers, and identity. Written by a group of experts, it presents case studies from the former communist countries that are members of the European Union today and attempts to answer crucial questions about the constructions of a new identity in the region: <I>Have the processes of democratization and opening the borders produced mentality changes and new val
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural transformations after communism
• ISBN: 91-87121-82-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453212703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II