Communism In Eastern Europe

Author : Melissa Feinberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000518337

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Communism in Eastern Europe by Melissa Feinberg Pdf

Communism in Eastern Europe is a ground-breaking new survey of the history of Eastern Europe since 1945. It examines how Communist governments came to Eastern Europe, how they changed their societies and the legacies that persisted after their fall. Written from the perspective of the 21st century, this book shows how Eastern Europe’s trajectory since 1989 fits into the longer history of its Communist past. Rather than focusing on high politics, Communism in Eastern Europe concentrates on the politics of daily life, melding political history with social, cultural and gender history. It tells the history of this complicated era through the voices and experiences of ordinary people. By focusing on the complex interactions of everyday life, Communism in Eastern Europe illuminates the world Communism made in Eastern Europe, its politics and culture, values and dreams, successes and failures. This book is an engaging introduction to the history of Communist Eastern Europe for any reader. It is ideal for adoption in a wide array of undergraduate and graduate courses in 20th century European history.

Author : W. Kemp
Publisher : Springer
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1999-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230375253

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Nationalism and Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union by W. Kemp Pdf

Nationalism and Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union looks at communism's attempts to come to terms with nationalism between Marx and Yeltsin, how the inability of communist theorists and practitioners to achieve an effective synthesis between nationalism and communism contributed to communism's collapse, and what lessons that holds for contemporary Europe.

Author : Susan G. Shapiro,Ronald Shapiro
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786481675

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The Curtain Rises by Susan G. Shapiro,Ronald Shapiro Pdf

Much has been written about how the authoritarianism of the Communist era gave way to more open societies in the former Soviet bloc countries, yet little has been said about how individuals in these countries have been affected and how they contributed to the changes in their societies. How does the relationship between husband and wife change when planned economy gives way to financial incertitude? When all are free to speak their minds publicly, are children more likely to do so at home or at school? How do the elderly adjust to new laws and fewer pensions? This book describes, in their own words, the lives of everyday people in Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, and the Former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia as they struggled under Soviet domination, as they endured the revolutions in their respective countries, and as they now adapt to a free world society. These individuals, struggling with philosophical, political, educational, cultural, and spiritual adjustments, are entrepreneurs, political activists, scientists, and teachers. They are assuming leadership roles in local politics and implementing reforms in the schools. The book includes photographs, maps, and short introductory national histories.

Author : Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0253313910

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Communism in Eastern Europe by Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone Pdf

Author : Norman Naimark
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429976216

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The Establishment Of Communist Regimes In Eastern Europe, 1944-1949 by Norman Naimark Pdf

The collaborative effort of scholars from Russia and the United States, this book reevaluates the history of postwar Eastern Europe from 1944 to 1949, incorporating information gleaned from newly opened archives in Eastern Europe. For nearly five decades, the countries of Yugoslavia, Poland, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet zone of Germany were forced to live behind the ?iron curtain.? Though their experiences under communism differed in sometimes fundamental ways and lasted no longer than a single generation, these nations were characterized by systematic assaults on individual rights and social institutions that profoundly shaped the character of Eastern Europe today. The emergence of the former People's Democracies from behind the iron curtain has been a wrenching process, but, as this book demonstrates, the beginning of the communist era was equally as traumatic as its end.With the opening of the archives in Russia and Eastern Europe, the contributors have been able to get a much firmer grasp on Soviet policies in the region and on East European responses and initiatives, which in turn has yielded more satisfying answers to vexing questions about Soviet intentions in the region and the origins of the Cold War. Exploring these events from a new, better-informed perspective, the contributors have made a valuable contribution to the historiography of postwar Europe.

Author : Constantin Iordachi,Arnd Bauerkamper
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9786155225635

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The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe by Constantin Iordachi,Arnd Bauerkamper Pdf

ÿThis book explores the interrelated campaigns of agricultural collectivization in the USSR and in the communist dictatorships established in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. Despite the profound, long-term societal impact of collectivization, the subject has remained relatively underresearched. The volume combines detailed studies of collectivization in individual Eastern European states with issueoriented comparative perspectives at regional level. Based on novel primary sources, it proposes a reappraisal of the theoretical underpinnings and research agenda of studies on collectivization in Eastern Europe.The contributions provide up-to-date overviews of recent research in the field and promote new approaches to the topic, combining historical comparisons with studies of transnational transfers and entanglements.

Author : Gale Stokes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199879199

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The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Gale Stokes Pdf

Gale Stokes' The Walls Came Tumbling Down has been one of the standard interpretations of the East European revolutions of 1989 for many years. It offers a sweeping yet vivid narrative of the two decades of developments that led from the Prague Spring of 1968 to the collapse of communism in 1989. Highlights of that narrative include, among other things, discussions of Solidarity and civil society in Poland, Charter 77 and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, and the bizarre regime of Romania's Nikolae Ceausescu and his violent downfall. In this second edition, now appropriately subtitled Collapse and Rebirth in Eastern Europe, Stokes not only has revised these portions of the book in the light of recent scholarship, but has added three new chapters covering the post-communist period, including analyses of the unification of Germany and the collapse of the Soviet Union, narratives of the admission of many of the countries of the region to the European Union, and discussion of the unfortunate outcomes of the Wars of Yugoslav Succession in the Western Balkans.

Author : Conor O'Dwyer
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781479851485

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Coming Out of Communism by Conor O'Dwyer Pdf

How homophobic backlash unexpectedly strengthened mobilization for LGBT political rights in post-communist Europe While LGBT activism has increased worldwide, there has been strong backlash against LGBT people in Eastern Europe. Although Russia is the most prominent anti-gay regime in the region, LGBT individuals in other post-communist countries also suffer from discriminatory laws and prejudiced social institutions. Combining an historical overview with interviews and case studies in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, Conor O’Dwyer analyzes the development and impact of LGBT movements in post-communist Eastern and Central Europe. O’Dwyer argues that backlash against LGBT individuals has had the paradoxical effect of encouraging stronger and more organized activism, significantly impacting the social movement landscape in the region. As these peripheral Eastern and Central European countries vie for inclusion or at least recognition in the increasingly LGBT-friendly European Union, activist groups and organizations have become even more emboldened to push for change. Using fieldwork in five countries and interviews with activists, organizers, and public officials, O’Dwyer explores the intricacies of these LGBT social movements and their structures, functions, and impact. The book provides a unique and engaging exploration of LGBT rights groups in Eastern and Central Europe and their ability to serve as models for future movements attempting to resist backlash. Thorough, theoretically grounded, and empirically sound, Coming Out of Communism is sure to be a significant work in the study of LGBT politics, European politics, and social movements.

Author : Paulina Bren,Mary Neuburger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199827664

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Communism Unwrapped by Paulina Bren,Mary Neuburger Pdf

Communism Unwrapped reveals the complex world of consumption in Cold War Eastern Europe, exploring the ways people shopped, ate, drank, smoked, cooked, acquired, assessed and exchanged goods. These everyday experiences, the editors and contributors argue, were central to the way that communism was lived in its widely varied contexts in the region. From design, to production, to retail sales and black market exchange, Communism Unwrapped follows communist goods from producer to consumer, tracing their circuitous routes. In the communist world this journey was rife with its own meanings, shaped by the special political and social circumstances of these societies. In examining consumption behind the Iron Curtain, this volume brings dimension and nuance to understandings of the communist period and the history of consumerism.

Author : Mark Beissinger,Stephen Kotkin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107054172

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Historical Legacies of Communism in Russia and Eastern Europe by Mark Beissinger,Stephen Kotkin Pdf

This book takes stock of arguments about the historical legacies of communism that have become common within the study of Russia and East Europe more than two decades after communism's demise and elaborates an empirical approach to the study of historical legacies revolving around relationships and mechanisms rather than correlation and outward similarities. Eleven essays by a distinguished group of scholars assess whether post-communist developments in specific areas continue to be shaped by the experience of communism or, alternatively, by fundamental divergences produced before or after communism. Chapters deal with the variable impact of the communist experience on post-communist societies in such areas as regime trajectories and democratic political values; patterns of regional and sectoral economic development; property ownership within the energy sector; the functioning of the executive branch of government, the police, and courts; the relationship of religion to the state; government language policies; and informal relationships and practices.

Author : Péter Apor,Sándor Horváth,James Mark
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783087259

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Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe by Péter Apor,Sándor Horváth,James Mark Pdf

The collection of essays in Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe addresses institutions that develop the concept of collaboration, and examines the function, social representation and history of secret police archives and institutes of national memory that create these histories of collaboration. The essays provide a comparative account of collaboration/participation across differing categories of collaborators and different social milieux throughout East-Central Europe. They also demonstrate how secret police files can be used to produce more subtle social and cultural histories of the socialist dictatorships. By interrogating the ways in which post-socialist cultures produce the idea of, and knowledge about, “collaborators,” the contributing authors provide a nuanced historical conception of “collaboration,” expanding the concept toward broader frameworks of cooperation and political participation to facilitate a better understanding of Eastern European communist regimes.

Author : Zoltan D. Barany,Iván Völgyes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012404484

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The Legacies of Communism in Eastern Europe by Zoltan D. Barany,Iván Völgyes Pdf

The political scientists Zoltan Barany and Ivan Volgyes bring together a distinguished group of contributors to examine the legacies of communism in Eastern Europe. The authors identify what is distinctive and lasting about the influence of the Communist period and the extent to which this Communist experience may have left unsolvable problems. The volume pays special attention to the impact of the Communist legacies on four areas: politics, society, the economy, and the environment. Contributors are Zoltan Barany, Ivan Volgyes, Thomas A. Baylis, Elez Biberaj, Jane L. Curry, Barbara Jancar-Webster, Andrzej Korbonski, Bennett Kovrig, Daniel N. Nelson, Robin Alison Remington, Luan Troxel, and Sharon L. Wolchik.

Author : Richard Voyles Burks
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400877225

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Dynamics of Communism in Eastern Europe by Richard Voyles Burks Pdf

Who are the people comprising the Communist movement in Eastern Europe? What is their motivation in joining the party? In a comparative analysis of the eight East European Communist parties—Polish, Czech, Magyar, Romanian, Bulgarian, Yugoslav, Greek, and Albanian—R. V. Burks offers precise knowledge about Communism's adherents. The author conducted interviews with repentant Communists held in Greek prisons, with exiled members of the anti-Communist opposition, and with active members of the party; he also made a critical analysis of election returns and of original sources in a dozen languages. The-result is a wealth of specific information on the participants’ age, sex, education, professional training, social class, and ethnic origin. Basing his comparisons and conclusions on this data, Mr. Burks is able to point to some interesting discoveries: social class (at least as Marxism conceives of it) is hardly a factor in drawing these people to Communism, and the industrial worker is not the backbone of the movement. Instead, the effects of cross-cultural education, shifting world prices, and what might he called ethnic politics have directed these people to Communism. Mr. Burks has provided a close analysis of the anatomy of Communism in a crucial part of the world. Originally published in 1961. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Ben Fowkes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349242184

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Rise and Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe by Ben Fowkes Pdf

Communist parties came to power in a variety of ways, usually by force, often with the acquiescence of people who hoped for a better future. Then came the imposition of Stalinism. The book examines this, and subsequent crises in Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

Author : Sharon L. Wolchik,Jane Leftwich Curry
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742567344

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Central and East European Politics by Sharon L. Wolchik,Jane Leftwich Curry Pdf

"A useful text and reference book. These essays are at their best in serving both area study and political sociology."--Slavic Review --