Central and southeastern Europe in transition : perspectives on success and failure since 1989 / edited by Hall Gardner with the assistance of Elinore Schaffer and Oleg Kobtzeff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gardner, Hall.

Schaffer, Elinore.

Kobtzeff, Oleg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe, Eastern--History--1989-.

Europe, Eastern.

Eastern Europe.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 211 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

Summary:

Provides differing political, social, cultural, and economic perspectives on central and southeast Europe.

Contents:

1. In Search of East-Central Europe: Ten Years After / Jacques Rupnik 5

2. The Balkans: A Distorted, Third World Reflection of Europe / Catherine Durandin 21

3. Rusty Ottoman Keys to the Balkans of Today / Bernard Lory 31

4. The Role of Culture under the Communist and Post-Communist Eras / Antonin Liehm 43

5. The Transformation of the Media in Post-Communist Central Europe / Marcin Frybes 51

6. The Media in Transition in Southern Central Europe / Helen Darbishire 61

7. A Balance of Economic Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe / Nadege Ragaru 75

8. Ulysses and the Lotus Eaters / Michel Koutouzis 97

9. Environmental Security and Civil Society / Oleg Kobtzeff 113

10. The Genesis of NATO Enlargement and of War "over" Kosovo / Hall Gardner 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-198) and indexes.

ISBN:

0275964604

OCLC:

42733893