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Between Past and Future: The Revolution of 1989 and Their Aftermath - Softcover

 
9789639116719: Between Past and Future: The Revolution of 1989 and Their Aftermath
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9639116718 ISBN 13: 9789639116719
Publisher: Central European University Press, 2000

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Vladimir Tismaneanu isProfessor of politics and Director of the Center for the Study of Post-communist Societies at University of Maryland (College Park).

Sorin Antohi is Associate Professor of History at the University of Bucharest, and at Central European University, Budapest; he is currently a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford.

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Publisher
Central European University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9639116718
ISBN 13 
9789639116719
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
424
Editor
Tismaneanu Vladimir, Antohi Sorin