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Now in a fully updated edition, this essential text explores the other half of Europe-the new and future members of the European Union along with the problems and potential they bring to the region and to the world stage. Clear and comprehensive, it offers an authoritative and up-to-date analysis of the transformations and realities in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics, and Ukraine. Divided into two parts, the book presents a set of comparative country case studies as well as thematic chapters on key issues, including EU and NATO expansion, the economic transition and its social ramifications, the role of women, persistent problems of ethnicity and nationalism, and political reform. Leading scholars provide the historical context for the current situation of each country in the region. They explain how communism ended and how democratic politics has emerged or is struggling to emerge in its wake, how individual countries have transformed their economies, how their populations have been affected by rapid and wrenching change, and how foreign policy making has evolved. New to this edition are chapters on social issues and transitional justice. For students and specialists alike, this book will be an invaluable resource on the newly democratizing states of Europe.
Contents
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsPART I: INTRODUCTION1 Democracy, the Market, and the Return to Europe: From Communism to the European Union and NATOSharon L. Wolchik and Jane Leftwich CurryPART II: POLICIES AND ISSUES2 The Political TransitionValerie Bunce3 Re-creating the MarketSharon Fisher4. Civil Society and Political Parties: Growth and Change in the Organizations Linking People and PowerKevin Deegan-Krause5 Ethnicity, Nationalism, and the Challenges of Democratic ConsolidationZsuzsa Csergo6. Transitional Justice and MemoryVello Pettai and Eva-Clarita Pettai7 The EU and Its New Members: Forging a New RelationshipRonald H. Linden 8 Security Issues: NATO and BeyondJoshua SperoPART III: CASE STUDIES9 Poland: The Politics of "God's Playground" Jane Leftwich Curry10 The Czech and Slovak Republics: Two Paths to the Same DestinationSharon L. Wolchik11 Hungary: Pathbreaker of Populist NationalismFederigo Argentieri12 The Baltic Countries: Facing New Challenges in Politics, Society, and SecurityDaina S. Eglitis13 Bulgaria: Progress and DevelopmentJanusz Bugajski14 Romania Since 1989: Old Dilemmas, Present Challenges, Future UncertaintiesMonica Ciobanu15 Albania: At a Democratic CrossroadElez Biberaj16 Former Yugoslavia and Its SuccessorsMark Baskin and Paula Pickering17 Ukraine: The End of Post Sovietism and 'Brotherly Friendship'Taras KuzioPART IV: CONCLUSION18 Thirty Years after 1989: A Balance SheetSharon L. Wolchik and Jane Leftwich CurryIndexAbout the Contributors
