Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g
A Comparative Study of the End of Communism in Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Poland
Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g
ISBN: 978-1-138-15371-4
Verlag: CRC Press
With a foreword by Seymour Lipset, Hoover Institution and George Mason University, USA
The Fall examines one of the twentieth century's great historical puzzles: why did the communist-led regimes in Eastern Europe collapse so quickly and why was the process of collapse so different from country to country? This major study explains why the impetus for change in Poland and Hungary came from the regimes themselves, while in Czechoslovakia and East Germany it was mass movements which led to the downfall of the regimes.
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Part I - Theory 1. The Collapse 2.0 The Main Framework Part II - The Underlying Causes of the Collapse 3. The Economic Situation 4. Implementing Economic Reforms 5. The Rise of Gorbachev and the Fall of Legitimacy Part III - Differences in the Process of Collapse 6. Regime Policy Before 1988 7. Civil Society and the Degree of Liberalization 8. Social Movements Before 1988 9. Institutional Compromise 10. Non-violent Revolutions 11. Summary of the Model Epilogue - The Right Wing Shift after 1989
