From revolution to uncertainty : the year 1990 in Central and Eastern Europe / edited by Joachim von Puttkamer, Włodzimierz Borodziej and Stanislav Holubec
Introduction / Joachim von Puttkamer, Stanislav Holubec and Wlodzimierz Borodziej -- Groping in the dark : expectations and predictions, 1988-1991 / Philipp Ther -- Catalysts of the collapse and of the transition, 1989-1990 / Mary Elise Sarotte -- Poland and the collapse of the patron in 1989-90 : as seen from the Polish Embassy in Moscow / Wlodzimierz Borodziej -- Tea with the primate : at the roots of political conflict in Poland / Joachim von Puttkamer -- Czechoslovakia's year of decision : from the socialist revolution of 1989 to the "real" revolution of 1990 / James Krapfl -- "Talkin' bout a revolution" : on the social memory of 1989 in Hungary / Éva Kovács -- A transition to what and whose democracy? : 1990 in Bulgaria and Romania / Bogdan C. Iacob -- When the Slovenian Spring turned into a hot summer / Marko Zajc -- 1990 : building democracy in Yugoslavia and the danger of war / Marie Janine Calic -- Transforming industry : on the corporate origins of post-socialist nostalgia in Poland / Joanna Wawrzyniak -- German reunification and the dynamics of migration / Tim Schanetzky -- The party is over : the identities and biographies of Czechoslovak and East German (post)communists in the year 1990 / Stanislav Holubec -- Poland, the German question, and German unification, 1989-1991 / Wlodzimierz Borodziej -- The German question and its European solution / Wilfried Loth
"Throughout Eastern Europe, the unexpected and irrevocable fall of communism that began in the late 1980s presented enormous challenges in the spheres of politics and society, as well at the level of individual experience. Excitement, uncertainty and fear predicated the shaping of a new order, the outcome of which was anything but predetermined. Recent studies have focused on the ambivalent impact of capitalism. Yet, at the time, parliamentary democracy had equally few traditions to return to, and membership in the European Union was a distant dream at best. Nowadays, as new threats arise, Europe's current political crises prompt us to reconsider how liberal democracy in Eastern Europe came about in the first place. This book undertakes an analysis of the year 1990 in several countries throughout Europe to consider the role of uncertainty and change in shaping political nations"-- Provided by publisher
