The collapse of communism in 1989 paved the way for the reunification of the continent. For Eastern European countries, the reaffirmation of their political, economic and social independence took place simultaneously within a context marked by globabization and the rules of the European union. This
Central and Eastern Europe: Europeanization and Social Change
β Scribed by FranΓ§ois Bafoil (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 249
- Series
- The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction Modernization, Europeanization, and Path Dependency....Pages 1-14
The Legacies. Picture of a Political Economy of Soviet-Style Socialism....Pages 15-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-48
Privatization and the Formation of East European States....Pages 49-65
The Reforms of the Welfare States....Pages 67-81
Regionalization Reforms and the Redistribution of Powers between Central and Regional Actors....Pages 83-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-106
Workers and Managers. Local Compromises and the End of the Working Classes....Pages 107-126
The Agricultural Question. Public Laissez-faire and the Recomposition of Individual Strategies....Pages 127-146
Labor Relations. The Weakness of the Social Dialogue....Pages 147-166
Civil Societies. Networks of Sociability, Associations, and Public Debates....Pages 167-183
The Development of the Social Structures and the Formation of New Cleavages....Pages 185-206
General Conclusion....Pages 207-210
Back Matter....Pages 211-248
β¦ Subjects
European Union Politics; International Relations; European Politics; Political Theory; Development and Social Change
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