Central Europe on the threshold of the 21st Century : interdisciplinary perspectives on challenges in politics and society / edited by Lucyna Czechowska and Krzysztof Olszewski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Czechowska, Lucyna, editor.

Olszewski, Krzysztof, editor.

Series:

CGS studies ; v. 1.

CGS studies ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Europe, Central.

Europe, Central--Foreign relations.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 p.)

Other Title:

Central Europe on the threshold of the twenty first Century

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book draws attention to selected aspects of the Central European reality and discusses interesting subjects related to the political, economic and social landscape of the region, which are in a continuous process of transformation. The book will be a useful source of knowledge, as Central Europe is still considered to be an ""undiscovered island"" in the ""changeable waters"" of contemporary international relations.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE - IDENTITY ISSUES; CHAPTER ONE - MARTYRDOM AND COMMUNITY? CENTRAL-EUROPEAN IDENTITY AND POST-TOTALITARIAN TRAUMA; CHAPTER TWO - CENTRAL EUROPEANS INTO EUROPEANS: COMMON IDENTITY AND INDIVIDUALIZATION DURING THE 1990s IN THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN STATES; CHAPTER THREE - SHARED MEMORY: THE SOURCES OF POLISH AND GERMAN PERCEPTIONS OF HISTORY AFTER SYSTEM TRANSFORMATIONS; CHAPTER FOUR - THE PROBLEM OF IDENTITY CREATION: GOVERNANCE OF INFORMATION IN THE POST-TOTALITARIAN UKRAINIAN CONTEXT

CHAPTER FIVE - MODERN LUSATIA: OPEN-AIR MUSEUM OR LIVING TRADITIONS OF THE REGION? A SURVEY BASED ON SORBIAN BROCHURES IN UPPER LUSATIAPART TWO - CENTRAL EUROPE IN WORLD POLITICS; CHAPTER SIX - GOVERNMENT IN A STATE OF CONFUSION: THE CHALLENGES TO NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY POSED BY GLOBALISATION; CHAPTER SEVEN - DILEMMAS OF POWER IN CENTRAL EUROPE ON THE THRESHOLD OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; CHAPTER EIGHT - INVOLVEMENT OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN STATES IN THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF NATO; CHAPTER NINE - TRANSFORMATION OF THE GEOSTRATEGIC POSITION OF ROMANIA AFTER 1989

PART THREE - CENTRAL EUROPE IN THE EUROPEAN UNIONCHAPTER TEN - LOST DYNAMICS OR DYNAMIC LOSS? EXPLORING THE VAGUE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION; CHAPTER ELEVEN - ELEMENTS OF CONTINUITY IN THE US POLICY TOWARDS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: THE CASE OF THE EU ENLARGEMENT OF 2004 - OXANA LEKARENKO; CHAPTER TWELEVE - THE EU STRATEGIES FOR THE BALTIC SEA AND THE DANUBE REGION: A COMPARATIVE VIEW; CHAPTER THIRTEEN - ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SLOVENIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE EU COUNCIL; PART FOUR - BILATERAL RELATIONS; CHAPTER FOURTEEN - THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE POLISH-ROMANIAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

CHAPTER FIFTEEN - THE IMPACT OF BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON THE POLITICAL STATUS OF EASTERN CENTRAL EUROPE (1991-2010)CHAPTER SIXTEEN - HUMAN RIGHTS IN RELATIONS BETWEEN POLAND AND BELARUS; PART FIVE - POLITICAL AND PARTY SYSTEMS; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS BY CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEMBER STATES; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - SMALL(EST) PARTIES IN CENTRAL EUROPE: THE PIRATE PARTY AS A SWEDISH EXPORT

CHAPTER NINETEEN - THE MOLDOVAN POLITICAL SYSTEM IN CRISIS SINCE 2009: CONSTITUTIONAL OR POLITICAL CRISIS?CHAPTER TWENTY - TWENTY YEARS OF THE CZECH PARTY SYSTEM: 1992-2011; PART SIX - ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE EUROPEAN UNION; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - POLAND'S MASS PRIVATIZATION PROGRAMME: INSTITUTIONS AND THE MARKET; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - THE CULTURE OF POVERTY IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF MOLDOVA

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - BUFFER ZONE: SOCIO-CULTURAL CHANGES IN THE FIELD OF MIGRATION AND RELIGOUS GROUPS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC - DANIEL TOPINKA AND DUŠAN LUŽNÝ

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 26, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6483-8

OCLC:

884726061