Central and Eastern Europe : Europeanization and social change / François Bafoil ; translated by Chris Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bafoil, François.

Series:

CERI series in international relations and political economy

The Sciences Po series in international relations and political economy

Standardized Title:

Europe centrale et l'Europe de l'Est. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe, Eastern.

Eastern Europe.

Politics and government.

Europe, Eastern--Economic conditions--1989-.

Economic conditions.

Europe, Eastern--Economic policy--1989-.

Economic policy.

Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.

Post-communism.

Europe, Central--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe, Central.

Central Europe.

Europe, Central--Economic conditions--1989-.

Europe, Central--Economic policy--1989-.

Post-communism--Europe, Central.

Physical Description:

248 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

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 book analyses the impact of the different dynamics of change since 1989 on public policy and on various economic and political sectors. The author's approach is elaborated in terms of strategies, conflicts, alliances, and resources anchored in the communist period, sometimes even before, and revitalized by the new rules of the game. He studies the way in which national traditions of sovereignty within the new States combined with 21st century economic and political liberalism. By emphasizing the intensity and rapidity of the dynamics of change which have taken place since 1989, the author shows both the new States' ability to adopt global and European rules and their determination to subscribe fully to the Europe of today.

Contents:

1 The Legacies. Picture of a Political Economy of Soviet-Style Socialism 15

Part 1 The Formation of the Central States

2 Privatization and the Formation of East European States 49

3 The Reforms of the Welfare States 67

4 Regionalization Reforms and the Redistribution of Powers between Central and Regional Actors 83

Part 2 Societies and Markets

5 Workers and Managers. Local Compromises and the End of the Working Classes 107

6 The Agricultural Question. Public Laissez-faire and the Recomposition of Individual Strategies 127

7 Labor Relations. The Weakness of the Social Dialogue 147

8 Civil Societies. Networks of Sociability, Associations, and Public Debates 167

9 The Development of the Social Structures and the Formation of New Cleavages 185

10 General Conclusion 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230607712

0230607713

OCLC:

300981995