From Eastern Bloc to European Union : comparative processes of transformation since 1990 /
edited by Guenther Heydemann and Karel Vodicka.
- New York : Berghahn Books, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource.
- Studies in contemporary European history ; volume 22 .
Originally published: Göttingen : Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2013.
Includes bibliographies and index.
""From Eastern Bloc to European Union""; ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. Estonia ""; ""Chapter 2. Latvia ""; ""Chapter 3. Lithuania ""; ""Chapter 4. The GDR ""; ""Chapter 5. Poland ""; ""Chapter 6. The Czech Republic ""; ""Chapter 7. The Slovak Republic ""; ""Chapter 8. Slovenia ""; ""Chapter 9. Hungary ""; ""Chapter 10. Romania ""; ""Chapter 11. Bulgaria ""; ""Conclusion. Post-Communist Space ""; ""Bibliography""
"More than 25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, European integration remains a work in progress, especially in those Eastern European nations most dramatically reshaped by democratization and economic liberalization. This volume assembles detailed, empirically grounded studies of eleven states--Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and the former East Germany--that went on to join the European Union. Each chapter analyzes the political, economic, and social transformations that have taken place in these nations, using a comparative approach to identify structural similarities and assess outcomes relative to one another as well as the rest of the EU."--Provided by publisher.