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2 - Post-socialist Models of Rule in Central and Southeastern Europe

from Part One - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2019

By
Sabrina P. Ramet  and
F. Peter Wagner
Edited by
Sabrina P. Ramet  and
Christine M. Hassenstab
Sabrina P. Ramet
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Christine M. Hassenstab
Affiliation:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
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Summary

After high hopes in the initial post-communist years after 1989, disenchantment became noticeable in some sectors of the local populations in Central and Southeastern Europe. Among the problems which have alienated portions of local publics are the weakness of the economies (especially in Southeastern Europe), the monopolization of the media by new elites, and difficulties in building up constitutional orders, although in each case there are those who benefit from the persistence of these problems. In Catholic countries, especially but not only in Poland, abortion has figured as a pivotal issue, with the Catholic Church pushing for legislation to be binding on all citizens, both Catholic and non-Catholic. Differences in the present state of affairs reflect, in part, differences in the pattern of the breakdown of the communist system, from one state to the other, in particular between transitions engineered from above and transitions pushed forward from below.

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economyprivatizationcorruptionabortionwartransitionpost-socialism
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Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989 , pp. 26 - 56
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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Ramet, Sabrina P., Ringdal, Kristen, and Dośpiał-Borysiak, Katarzyna (eds.). Civic and Uncivic Values in Poland: Value transformation, education, and culture (Budapest: Central European University Press, 2018).Google Scholar
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