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Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012 :

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073917410X

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0739174118

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9780739174104

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Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012 :

General Material Designation

[Book]

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geopolitical, cultural, and socioeconomic shifts /

First Statement of Responsibility

Tomas Kavaliauskas

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xix, 208 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index

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Defining Central Europe as a Post-communist Region -- Positive and Negative Freedom in Central Europe Before and After 1989 -- Virtual and Real Freedom in Central Europe after 1989 -- The Complete and Incomplete Transition in Central Europe -- Fluctuating Socio-economics and Post-Socialist Inverted Morals -- The Salvation of the Two Europes in 1968 from the Perspective of 1989 -- Vilnius 10 Group : Geopolitical Emancipation or a Lost Opportunity for Angelic Moral Politics? -- The Demiurge of the EU and Central Europe -- Different Meanings Applied to May 9th Victory Day in WWII : Russian and Baltic Perspectives after 1989 -- Social and Political Meaning of Light in East Central Europe before and after 1989 -- Communist Nostalgia as Extrapolation of the Past into the Present -- Katyn does not Happen Twice

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Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012: Geopolitical, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Shifts by Tomas Kavaliauskas, is an in-depth study of the transformations in Central Europe in the years since the fall of Communism. Using a comparative analysis of geopolitical, ethical, cultural, and socioeconomic shifts, this essential text investigates post-communist countries including Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Slovenia. Next to transitological interpretations, this study ventures upon negative and positive freedom (Isaiah Berlin) in Central Europe after two decades of post-communist transition. Kavaliauskas questions the meaning of completeness of post-communist transition, both geopolitical and socioeconomic, when there are many transformations that do not necessarily mean unequivocal progress. The author also analyses why Central Europe in 1989, armed with civil disobedience, could not maintain its moral politics. But the book touches sensitive issues of memory as well: an examination of May 9th is provided from the Russian and the Baltic perspectives, revealing two opposing world views regarding this date of liberation or occupation. Finally, Kavaliauskas analyzes the tragedy at Smolensk airport, which became an inseparable part of Central European identity. Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012 is an essential contribution to the literature on Central Europe and the lasting effects of Communism and its aftermath

Geopolitics

Post-communism-- Europe, Central

Post-communism-- Europe, Eastern

Social change

Europe, Central, Economic conditions, 1989-

Europe, Central, Politics and government, 1989-

Europe, Central, Social conditions, 1989-

Europe, Eastern, Economic conditions, 1989-

Europe, Eastern, Politics and government, 1989-

Europe, Eastern, Social conditions, 1989-

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Kavaliauskas, Tomas

Date of Transaction

20130510151144.0

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