Eastern Europe in Revolution [antikvár]

Ungvári Tamás könyvtárából.
In this book twelve outstanding authorities present their thorough- going assessments of the East European revolution of 1989—the definite collapse of communism as an ideology, a political move- ment, and a system of power in eight countries. Ali but two of the contributors focus on the revolution in an individual country or region—Poland, Hungary, the German Democratic Republic. Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Albania—and each of them addresses the theme of regime transition. In Eastern Europe, of course, the transition from communism to . . . has been as complex and varied as the political geography of the notorious "fracture zone" itself, and individual authors thus concen- trate on different sets of problems; they telt different kinds of stories. In addition, they represent several scholarly disciplines (history, political science, anthropology, sociology), and follow diverse paths as they seek to identify andeanalyze the social, political, and cultural factors responsible for the dramatically swift overthrow of the Com- munist regimes. Pointing to the enormous difficulties of systematic transformation, they measure the dangers of nationality conflict and the potential for new authoritarianism. Ivo Banac has assembled a cast with impressive credentials. Without imposing an artificial unity on its chaotic subject, their book maps out the events of 1989-90 and sets the background for figuring out where the region may be headed. Contributors: Ivo Banac. Elez Biberaj. László Bruszt. Jan T. Gross. Ken Jowitt. Tony R. Judt. Gail Kligman. Norman Naimark. David Stark. Ivan Szelenyi. Maria Todorova. Katherine Verdery.