From Eastern Bloc to European Union: Comparative Processes of Transformation Since 1990 by Heydemann, Günther

From Eastern Bloc to European Union: Comparative Processes of Transformation Since 1990 (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781785333170)

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From Eastern Bloc to European Union: Comparative Processes of Transformation Since 1990 by Heydemann, Günther

From Eastern Bloc to European Union: Comparative Processes of Transformation Since 1990

$150.00
From Eastern Bloc to European Union: Comparative Processes of Transformation Since 1990 by Heydemann, Günther

From Eastern Bloc to European Union: Comparative Processes of Transformation Since 1990

$150.00
Format: Library Binding
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  • It is the only book worldwide that comparatively analyzes all the former Soviet bloc countries which today are EU members.
  • As the analysis shows, all the former communist EU states, including East Germany, share common characteristics and similar ways of development. They differ considerably from established democratic-EU-countries one the one hand and from the post-communist non-EU-countries on the other.
  • The post-communist societies show clearly various democratic deficits: general support for democracy and trust in institutions are lower than in mature democracies, whereas anti-democratic system alternatives are not decisively rejected. Civil society is immature, participation willingness of citizens is low and the corruption powerful. The ability of democratic parties to recruit members is weak, of which the extremist parties benefit.
  • When compared with other transition countries, the post-communist EU countries are among the best. As the comparative studies illustrate, the process of accession to the EU and the EU membership contributed significantly to political and economic consolidation of the post-communist EU countries.


Author: Günther Heydemann
ISBN-10: 1785333178
ISBN-13: 9781785333170
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2017
Pages: 416
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.10d
By Günther Heydemann
By Günther Heydemann
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Karel Vodička is a Researcher at the Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism at the Technical University of Dresden. His publications include Zündfunke aus Prag: Wie der Mut zur Freiheit die Geschichte veränderte (2014).

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