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Title:

Landmark 1989 : Central and Eastern European societies twenty years after the system change / Heinrich Best, Agnieszka Wenninger, eds.

Publisher:

Lit ;

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

297 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Post-communism--Europe, Eastern--Congresses.
Post-communism--Europe, Central--Congresses.
Europe, Eastern--Social conditions--1989---Congresses.
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989---Congresses.
Europe, Central--Social conditions--1989---Congresses.
Europe, Central--Politics and government--1989---Congresses.
Equality--Europe, Eastern--Congresses.
Equality--Europe, Central--Congresses.
Elite (Social sciences)--Europe, Eastern--Congresses.
Elite (Social sciences)--Europe, Central--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Best, Heinrich
Wenninger, Agnieszka
Gesellschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Infrastruktureinrichtungen

Notes:

"The present volume includes the results of the conference 'Landmark 1989. Glimpses on Central and Eastern European Societies Twenty Years After the System Change,' organized in Berlin on 2-4 April 2009 by the GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences"--P. [5]. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Plausible theory, unexpected results : the rapid democratic consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe / Wolfgang Merkel -- Historical legacies and the politics of history : an introduction / Stefan Garsztecki -- Mirror splinters : on teh collective memory of socialism / ©œva Kov©Łcs -- Poles toward the past : insights from sociological research carried out since 1989 / Andrzej Szpoci¿ski -- Historical legacies and politics of history in Ukraine : introductory remarks / Andriy Portnov -- Homo sovieticus in interpersonal relationships before and after the collapse of communism / Christopher S. Swader -- Homo sovieticus and the change of values : the case of Poland / Mira Marody -- Basic human values and identity research in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania after 1989 / Indrek Tart -- Inequalities in Central and Eastern Europe : an introduction / Kazimierz M. Slomczy¿ski -- Social structure and social inequality in Poland after 1989 / Bogdan W. Mach -- Monitoring educational inequalities in the Czech Republic : resources, data and findings / Jana Strakov©Ł -- Social inequalities in Bulgaria / Velina Topalova and Todor Hristov -- Social inequality and social problems in Romania : old and new patterns / Irina Tomescu-Dubrow -- Elite change and democratisation in Central and Eastern Europe / Heinrich Best -- Elite change and systemic change : a research note / Gy©œrgy Lengyel -- Research on elite dynamics in post-communist Romania / Laurentiu Stefan -- Elite studies in Russia : main directions, results and challenges / Oxana Gaman-Golutvina -- Researching Europe / Karen Hernderson -- From mere research assistance to independent mature research : European integration research in Slovenia / Danica Fink-Hafner -- The European Union in Hungary and beyond : state of the art and new perspectives / Gabriella Ilonszki.

ISBN:

3643104499 (pbk.)
9783643104496 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)503648059

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)