Central and East European Politics (eBook, PDF)

Changes and Challenges
Redaktion: Csergo, Zsuzsa; Pickering, Paula M.; Eglitis, Daina S.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this essential text provides a comprehensive introduction to Central and Eastern Europe, including the Baltics and Ukraine. Broad but nuanced, it offers a reader-friendly overview of the globally and regionally significant changes and challenges the region faces. Divided into two parts, the book first presents thematic chapters on key issues, including nationalism and challenges to democratic institutions and practices, the contentious politics of memory, debates over demography and migration in a region with a shrinking population, and Russian efforts to retain regional influence through hard and soft power. The case-study chapters that follow highlight key political developments after communism as well as providing a strong foundation for readers on regional history and the political and economic experiences of the communist years. Each covers the foundational topics of political history, political competition, economic development, social problems, relationships with European institutions, and threats to good governance. For students and specialists alike, this book will be an invaluable resource on this dynamic region of Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 642
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881851552
• Artikelnr.: 74841024

Autorenporträt

Zsuzsa Csergo is professor of political studies at Queen's University, Canada. Daina S. Eglitis is associate professor of sociology and international affairs at the George Washington University. Paula M. Pickering is associate professor of government at William & Mary.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1 Central and East Europe: Turbulent Histories, Dramatic Transformations,
and Twenty-First-Century Challenges
Zsuzsa Csergo, Daina S. Eglitis, and Paula M. Pickering
PART II: POLICIES AND ISSUES
2 Liberal, Fascist, and Communist Legacies
Jeffrey S. Kopstein
3 Nationalism and Its Challenges to Democratic Governance
Zsuzsa Csergo and Jason Wittenberg
4 Civil Society and Political Parties: Growth and Change in the
Organizations Linking People and Power
Kevin Deegan-Krause
5 Economic Reforms and Trends
Sharon Fisher
6 Demography and Migration
Daina S. Eglitis and Michelle Kelso
7 Transitional Justice and Memory
Eva-Clarita Pettai and Vello Pettai
8 Gender Regimes
Éva Fodor
9 The EU and Its Newer Members: Forging Ties in Turbulent Times
Ronald H. Linden
10 Russia Rising: Soft and Hard Power Challenges to Security
Jennie L. Schulze
PART III: CASE STUDIES
11 Poland
Jane L. Curry
12 The Czech and Slovak Republics
Sharon L. Wolchik
13 Hungary
Federigo Argentieri and Ognen Vangelov
14 The Baltic Countries
Daunis Auers
15 Bulgaria
Janusz Bugajski and Margarita Assenova
16 Romania
Michelle Kelso
17 Albania
Arolda Elbasani and Seimir Elbasani
18 Former Yugoslavia and Its Successor States
Paula M. Pickering and Jelena Subotic
19 Ukraine
Paul D'Anieri
PART IV: CONCLUSION
20 Changes and Challenges: Three Questions
Zsuzsa Csergo, Daina S. Eglitis, and Paula M. Pickering
Index
About the Contributors