East Central Europe since 1989 politics, culture, and society / Sabrina P. Ramet and Lavinia Stan with a foreword by Stefano Bianchini.
| Author/creator | Ramet, Sabrina P., 1949- |
| Other author | Stan, Lavinia. |
| Other author | Bianchini, Stefano. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge open history |
| Contents | The Functions of Pluralism, the Dysfunctions of Populism : An Introduction / Sabrina P. Ramet -- Changes in Political Institutions and Party Systems / Lavinia Stan -- Unintended Consequences in the Economic Transition / Lavinia Stan and Sabrina P. Ramet -- The Functions, Dysfunctions, and Unintended Consequences of War : Yugoslav Conflicts, 1991-2001 / Sabrina P. Ramet -- The Latent Functions of EU Accession and EU Norms / Lavinia Stan -- The Media : Functioning in Whose Interest? / Sabrina P. Ramet -- God, Religious Institutions, and Politics / Lavinia Stan -- Transitional Justice / Lavinia Stan -- Patterns of Inequality of Gender and Sexual Orientation Since 1989 : The Latent Dysfunctionality of Patriarchy, the Unexpected Consequences of Policy Decisions / Sabrina P. Ramet -- The Latent Functions of Literature / Sabrina P. Ramet -- Drivers of Change : A Functionalist Perspective / Sabrina P. Ramet and Lavinia Stan. |
| Abstract | "This groundbreaking treatment of post-communist developments in East Central Europe examines politics, economics, media, religious institutions, transitional justice, gender inequality, and literature, highlighting the overt functions, latent functions, and side effects associated with each sphere. Communism in East Central Europe had cracks from the beginning, as uprisings in East Germany in 1953 and Hungary in 1956 demonstrated. But with the establishment of the Independent Trade Union Solidarity in Poland in summer 1980, communism went into steady decline and, between 1988 and 1991, crumbled. What followed has been an unsteady transition to various forms of often corrupt pluralism with democracy doing best in the Czech Republic (with the exception of the years 2017-2021) and Slovenia, and worst in Hungary, Albania, Serbia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Drawing on the functionalist theory of Robert K. Merton, the authors examine what policy-makers - communist and post-communist - were or are trying to accomplish, the intended and unintended results of these policies, and the side-effects they have produced. This volume will be of interest not only to specialists in East Central Europe but also to graduate and undergraduate students, members of the diplomatic corps, and general readers"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Terms of use | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Ramet, Sabrina P., 1949- East Central Europe since 1989 London ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025 9781032318240 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024041301 |
| ISBN | 9781040306802 (epub) |
| ISBN | (hbk) |
| ISBN | 9781003312031 (ebk) |
| ISBN | 9781040306727 (adobe pdf) |
| ISBN | (pbk) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |