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Landmark 1989 : Central and Eastern European societies twenty years after the system change / Heinrich Best, Agnieszka Wenninger, eds.

Other author/creatorBest, Heinrich.
Other author/creatorWenninger, Agnieszka.
Other author/creatorGesellschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Infrastruktureinrichtungen.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBerlin : Lit ; Piscataway, NJ : Transaction Publishers [distributor], ©2010.
Description297 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
Post-communism--Europe, Eastern --Congresses.
Post-communism--Europe, Central --Congresses.
Equality--Europe, Eastern --Congresses.
Equality--Europe, Central --Congresses.
Elite (Social sciences)--Europe, Eastern --Congresses.
Elite (Social sciences)--Europe, Central --Congresses.
Europe, Eastern--Social conditions --1989- --Congresses.
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government --1989- --Congresses.
Europe, Central--Social conditions --1989- --Congresses.
Europe, Central--Politics and government --1989- --Congresses.
Portion of title Central and Eastern European societies twenty years after the system change
Contents Plausible theory, unexpected results : the rapid democratic consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe / Wolfgang Merkel -- Historical legacies and the politics of history : an introduction / Stefan Garsztecki -- Mirror splinters : on the collective memory of socialism / Éva Kovács -- Poles toward the past : insights from sociological research carried out since 1989 / Andrzej Szpociński -- Historical legacies and politics of history in Ukraine : introductory remarks / Andriy Portnov -- Homo sovieticus in interpersonal relationships before and after the collapse of communism / Christopher S. Swader -- Homo sovieticus and the change of values : the case of Poland / Mira Marody -- Basic human values and identity research in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania after 1989 / Indrek Tart -- Inequalities in Central and Eastern Europe : an introduction / Kazimierz M. Slomczyński -- Social structure and social inequality in Poland after 1989 / Bogdan W. Mach -- Monitoring educational inequalities in the Czech Republic : resources, data and findings / Jana Straková -- Social inequalities in Bulgaria / Velina Topalova and Todor Hristov -- Social inequality and social problems in Romania : old and new patterns / Irina Tomescu-Dubrow -- Elite change and democratisation in Central and Eastern Europe / Heinrich Best -- Elite change and systemic change : a research note / György Lengyel -- Research on elite dynamics in post-communist Romania / Laurentiu Stefan -- Elite studies in Russia : main directions, results and challenges / Oxana Gaman-Golutvina -- Researching Europe / Karen Hernderson -- From mere research assistance to independent mature research : European integration research in Slovenia / Danica Fink-Hafner -- The European Union in Hungary and beyond : state of the art and new perspectives / Gabriella Ilonszki.
General note"The present volume includes the results of the conference 'Landmark 1989. Glimpses on Central and Eastern European Societies Twenty Years After the System Change,' organized in Berlin on 2-4 April 2009 by the GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences"--P. [5].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN9783643104496 (pbk.)
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