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.
Table of Content
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Vladimír Spidla
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Günther Heydemann and Karel Vodička
Chapter 1. Estonia
Ralph Michael Wrobel
Chapter 2. Latvia
Claudia-Yvette Matthes
Chapter 3. Lithuania
Rolf Winkelmann
Chapter 4. The GDR
Günther Heydemann
Chapter 5. Poland
Klaus Ziemer
Chapter 6. The Czech Republic
Karel Vodička
Chapter 7. The Slovak Republic
Rüdiger Kipke
Chapter 8. Slovenia
Bozo Repe
Chapter 9. Hungary
Jürgen Dieringer
Chapter 10. Romania
Bogdan Murgescu
Chapter 11. Bulgaria
Karel Vodička
Conclusion: Post-Communist Space: State of Consolidation and Prospects. Politics, Economy, Society
Günther Heydemann and Karel Vodička
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Karel Vodička is a Researcher at the Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism at the Technical University of Dresden. His publications include Zündfunke aus Prag: Wie der Mut zur Freiheit die Geschichte veränderte (2014).
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