Transitions revisited
Central and Eastern Europe twenty years after the Soviet Union
This book is a collaborative effort of scholars from Australian universities and
prominent international researchers. It comes at a time when Central and Eastern European
countries are celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
It examines the political, economic and social transformations that have taken place in
the post-communist era. In particular, it assesses the achievements of countries in the
region in areas such as democracy, human rights, freedom of speech and market economy, as
well as their integration into the European Union. The book also highlights the challenges
that still lie ahead of CEE countries in their new roles, in Europe and beyond.
The Authors:
Desmond Brennan, Juraj Chmiel, Leslie Holmes, Leigh
Kamolins, Małgorzata Klatt, Patrick Kimunguyi, Anne-Sophie Maas, Nina
Marković, Eva Polonska-Kimunguyi, Evan Smith, Evan Thompson, Jan
Zielonka.
Introduction
Part I. Transitions revisited: Old and new challenges in Central and Eastern
Europe
Jan Zielonka
Democracy and market in Central and Eastern Europe: The end of history?
Juraj Chmiel
From the Velvet Revolution to the presidency of the EU: The Czech Republic 20 years later
Nina Marković
Civil society in democratic transformation in former Eastern Europe
Eva Polonska-Kimunguyi
Glasnost 20 years after: Media and democracy in Central and Eastern Europe revisited
Patrick Kimunguyi
(New) international development actors: The case of the EU enlargement countries
Patrick Kimunguyi
Enlargement and EU counter-terrorism strategy
Leigh Kamolins
Mother tongue, mother Russia: Language and human rights in post-Soviet Europe
Evan Smith
Did 1989 matter? British Marxists and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc
Part II. Germany in Europe
Leslie Holmes
Two decades of German unification: Is there still a “wall in the head”?
Part III. Poland in Europe
Malgorzata Klatt
The Eastern Partnership: Poland’s influence on the EU’s foreign policy
Desmond Brennan
Poland’s relations with Lithuania and Ukraine: 20 years on
Eva Polonska-Kimunguyi
Viewers into Europeans? Polish media laws and the construction of pan-European identity
Part IV. Russia in Europe
Anne-Sophie Maass
Overcoming “the Chechnya irritant” in EU – Russia relations
Evan Thompson
The Russian bear swimming the Baltic: The Russo-German Nord Stream project and its
implications for EU energy security
Information about the Authors.
320 pages, Paperback
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