Between Past and Future

The Revolution of 1989 and Their Aftermath

• Author(s): Sorin Antohi, Vladimir Tismaneanu,
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Pages: 426
• ISBN_10: 9633860032
  ISBN_13: 9789633860038
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism , History / Europe / Eastern , Political Science / Comparative Politics , Political Science / Political Freedom , History / Military / Revolutions & Wars of Independence , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / Political Process / General ,

Description:... The tenth anniversary of the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe is the basis for this text which reflects upon the past ten years and what lies ahead for the future. An international group of academics and public intellectuals, including former dissidents and active politicians, engage in an exchange on the antecedents, causes, contexts, meanings and legacies of the 1989 revolutions. The contributors address various issues including liberal democracy and its enemies; modernity and discontent; economic reforms and their social impact; ethnicity; nationalism and religion; geopolitics; electoral systems and political power; European integration; and the demise of Yugoslavia.