Changing Images of the Left in Bulgaria

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8382-0667-7
Verlag: ibidem-Verlag

Buch, Englisch, Band 145, 234 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 309 g

Reihe: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

The violent protests that shook Bulgaria in recent years were fueled by a widespread belief that, after 25 years of transition, a new base for the political process is required. In this important new study, Popivanov provides a critical re-assessment of the role of the Bulgarian Socialist Party—arguably, the single most important political entity in Bulgaria`s post-communist history.
Assessing its internal problems and the challenges it faces from a new and radical grassroots Left, Popivanov asks why and how Bulgaria`s Socialist Party was the only one in the Eastern bloc to remain an important political organization, after the end of communism. This timely book skillfully analyzes the current societal and political situation in Bulgaria that threatens the Socialists and argues for a complete reformulation of the concept of the´Bulgarian Left`.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Popivanov, Boris

Weitere Mitwirkende

Umland, Andreas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Transformationsprozesse (Politikwiss.)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Über Autor(innen)

Boris Popivanov is Assistant Professor of Political Systems and Ideologies at the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria.