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Burdens of Freedom

Eastern Europe since 1989

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

649 kr

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From Estonia to Macedonia, this book is a history of 15 countries as they negotiate their transition from communism. For some, the story ends happily, with triumphant entry into the European Union in 2004.Others are caught in limbo, destroyed by nationalist politics, war and genocide, or crippled by corrupt political practices.The Burdens of Freedom considers the effects of revolutionary change, the resurgence of nationalism and the painful examination of the past. It looks at the process of building stable democratic states, and their integration with international structures. Most of the countries have established admission to the EU as a national objective; but many of them have also been active participants in the American-led occupation of Iraq. Domestically, each has seen a divide emerge between winners and losers. All are moving forward simultaneously to democracy, unity and prosperity, but also to national division and economic disparity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-08-31
Mått135 x 216 x 11 mm
Vikt247 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieGlobal History of the Present
Antal sidor192
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781842776636

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‘An exceedingly useful book a sensible and perspicacious assessment of the complex and often just plain confusing developments after 1989.’Michael Geyer, University of Chicago'The Burdens of Freedom makes sense of the paradoxical development of a vast and diverse region: its arduous economic transitions, its accommodation of painful pasts, and despite intervening disillusion and setbacks, its emerging civic stamina.'Charles S. Maier, Harvard University