Understanding post-communist transformation
Subtitle: a bottom up approach
By: Richard Rose.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780415482189; 9780415482196; 9780203884935
Subjects: European Union -- Membership; Post-communism -- Europe, Central; Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern; Civil society -- Europe, Central; Civil society -- Europe, Eastern; Europe, Central -- Social conditions -- 1989-; Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 1989-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The iron curtain falls; title: Living in an anti-modern society; title: Making progress and falling behind; title: The need for patience; title: The need for a civil economy; title: Getting enough to eat; title: Social capital when government fails; title: Juggling multiple economies; title: Stresses and opportunities : the impact on health; title: Freedom as a fundamental gain; title: Democratization backwards; title: The impact of a ready-made German state; title: Ex-communists in post-communist societies; title: Parties without civil society; title: A floating system of parties; title: Voters without trust; title: Learning to support new regimes; title: Adapting to Russian-style normality; title: An evolving Europe; title: Post-transformation issues.