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Twenty-one essays debate the meaning of the end of communist power in Russia and Eastern Europe. Antohi (history, U. of Bucharest) and Tismaneanu (government and politics, U. of Maryland) have gathered the work of academics from the fields of anthropology, philosophy, political science, sociology, and history work that discusses such issues as gender politics in the new states, the treatment of democratic intellectuals, the affect of privatization on individual lives, the possibilities for integration with the European Union, and the rise of nationalism. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The tenth anniversary of the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe is the basis for this text which reflects upon the past ten years and what lies ahead for the future. An international group of academics and public intellectuals, including former dissidents and active politicians, engage in an exchange on the antecedents, causes, contexts, meanings and legacies of the 1989 revolutions. The contributors address various issues including liberal democracy and its enemies; modernity and discontent; economic reforms and their social impact; ethnicity; nationalism and religion; geopolitics; electoral systems and political power; European integration; and the demise of Yugoslavia.
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