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9780743212823

Reinventing Politics : Eastern Europe from Stalin to Havel

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  • ISBN13:

    9780743212823

  • ISBN10:

    0743212827

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-10-06
  • Publisher: Free Press

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“Using primary materials from Eastern European democratic movements, Tismaneanu shows how dissident enclaves, grassroots political groups, independent unions and underground initiatives spearheaded the spontaneous outbursts of discontent that led to the nonviolent collapse of communist dictatorships…In an illuminating, exciting comparative analysis of the breakup of the Soviet Union's outer empire, Tismaneanu …identifies bureaucratic inertia, renascent authoritarian tendencies and the lure of populist adventurers as key obstacles to democracy.” —Publishers Weekly

Author Biography

Vladimir Tismaneanu is a Romanian and American political scientist, political analyst, sociologist, and professor at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Victims and Outsiders: Eastern Europe Before Communismp. 1
Children in the Fog: From People's Democracies to "Developed Socialism"p. 39
From Thaw to Freeze: Eastern Europe Under "Real Socialism"p. 89
A Glorious Resurrection: The Rise of Civil Societyp. 113
The Ethos of Civil Societyp. 153
The Triumph of the Powerless: Origins and Dynamics of the East European Upheavalp. 175
The Birth Pangs of Democracyp. 241
Epilogue: Fears, Phobias, Frustrations: Eastern Europe Between Ethnocracy and Democracyp. 279
Notesp. 289
Indexp. 305
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