Bulgaria In Transition

John D. Bell is professor of history at UMBC in Maryland and is a past president of the Bulgarian Studies Association. He has written numerous articles on Bulgarian, Balkan, and Russian history and is the author of Peasants in Power: Alexander Stamboliski and the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, 1899–1923 (1977), The Bulgarian Communist Party from Blagoev to Zhivkov (1986), and The Reader’s Guide to Bulgaria (1994).

• Introduction Part One: Politics and Law 1. A Democracy Born in Pain 2. Popular Attitudes toward Politics 3. The Constitution and the Rule of Law Part Two: The Economy and the Environment 4. Bulgarian Economic Policy and Performance, 1991–97 5. Social Dimensions of Economic Change: Is the Private Market a Solution to Bulgaria's Economic Problems? 6. Political Change and Environmental Policy Part Three: Ethnic and Religious Issues 7. Bulgaria's Muslim Minorities 8. The "Ilindentsi" - Does Bulgaria Have a Macedonian Minority? 9. The Schism in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, 1992–1997 Part Four: Culture 10. The New Bulgarian Literature: Deconstructing the Pyramid 11. Canaries and Birds of Prey: the New Season of Bulgarian Cinema Part Five: Foreign Relations 12. Bulgaria in the Balkans 13. Bulgaria's Search for Security