Change Forces In Post Communist Eastern Europe

Author : John P. Anchan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134400993
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Change Forces in Post-Communist Eastern Europe written by John P. Anchan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collapse of communism and the adoption of parliamentary democracy led to rapid and dramatic educational change in countries formerly under the control of the Soviet Union. Leaders of the affected countries acknowledged the need to develop educational systems during the rebuilding process and embraced this transformation in a short period of time. This has provided researchers with a unique opportunity to investigate educational change as a 'living laboratory'. In this book, the authors explore the complex nature of change in five former communist countries: Russia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and East Germany. The authors consider: * Educational change as a process rather than as a event * A comparison of such changes against a model for educational change developed by Michael Fullan for understanding large-scale educational reform * Analysis of issues at the national level where the original impetus for change has occurred With contributors from countries affected by such changes, this book provides an insight into the process of educational change as a result of revolution rather than evolution. This book will be of great interest to academics and researchers of educational change and those involved with educational reform. It will also interest those looking at comparative education models and postgraduate students focussing their studies on issues of educational change and reform.

Author : John P. Anchan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134401000
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Change Forces in Post-Communist Eastern Europe written by John P. Anchan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, the authors explore the complex nature and process of change in a selection of former communist countries, including Russia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and East Germany.

Author : S. Fisher
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230600883
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Change in Post-Communist Slovakia and Croatia: From Nationalist to Europeanist written by S. Fisher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-09-03 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing how the quest for independence and challenges of democratization created a contest between nationalists and Europeanists, two powerful forces in domestic politics, after the collapse of communism, Fisher sheds light on the nationalism and post-communist transitions.

Author : Peter Gross
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739174959
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World written by Peter Gross and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World: Eastern Europe’s Tortured Path to Change, edited by Peter Gross and Karol Jakubowicz, is a collection of analyses of Eastern European media by some of the most distinguished scholars in the field. This in-depth exploration shows how despite positive changes after the fall of Communism, the transformations of societal institutions, including the mass media, have turned out to be slow, uncertain, and unsatisfying to many when measured against the admittedly ambiguous and overly Panglossian expectations. This collection offers readers a different view of post-Communist media by examining the mass media’s evolution in the region from a more holistic perspective. The contributors to this volume respond to essential questions, including: Is the post-Communist transition and transformation over? When can it be considered over? Each chapter contributes to our understanding of these questions by offering theoretical overviews and country-specific studies. This collection serves as an affirmation that the study of mass media is essential to understanding the nature and workings of democracy in the long-suffering nations of Central and Eastern Europe, with international applications. Media Transformations in the Post-Communist World is an indispensable contribution to the study of Eastern Europe after Communism, and the transformations of mass media in the region.

Author : B. Fowkes
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230376916
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Post-Communist Era written by B. Fowkes and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-09-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History did not come to an end with the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. This book tells the story of what followed during the 1990s. Political and national conflict, social and cultural change and the economic challenge of the transition to the market are all given their due weight. The comparative approach is combined with a detailed treatment of individual countries in alternating chapters. The distinction is made here between East Central Europe, where the author's conclusions are largely optimistic, and the Balkans, where uncertainty still prevails.

Author : W. Kostecki
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230511309
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transformations of Post-Communist States written by W. Kostecki and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-04-07 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-communist transformation differs from any previous experience of societies in transition by its scope, speed, international framework and complicity. It contains elements of democratization, marketization, nation building, and the creation of a new international environment in the framework of globalization. The contributors give an 'internal' perspective of these highly complicated processes in a comparative form and using a multidisciplinary approach.

Author : Andrew Goldman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315480751
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revolution and Change in Central and Eastern Europe written by Andrew Goldman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive introduction to the nations of Central and Eastern Europe over a half century of turbulent change - from post war subjugation by the Soviet Union to both shared and divergent experiences of post-Communist transition to free-market democracies.

Author : Paul Lewis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134634382
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe written by Paul Lewis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe is the first textbook to survey the course of party developments in eastern Europe as a whole in the post-Communist period. This book relates the specifics of the post-communist situation to the broader picture of the early stages of party development in western Europe and also to contemporary models of party organisation in established democracies. The book includes: · a brief historical introduction to the context of post-communist change · the process of competitive party formation and democratic elections · the development of independent parties; their ideologies, and electoral volatility · the structure and level of organisation developed by new parties · an analysis of stable party systems which have emerged in eastern Europe and the contribution they make to emerging democracies in the region Party Politics in Post-Communist Eastern Europe will be a comprehensive and invaluable resource, accessible to undergraduates of politics and European studies, as well as the non-specialist reader.

Author : Roger East
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474287484
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revolution and Change in Central and Eastern Europe written by Roger East and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference, an expanded edition of Revolutions in Eastern Europe, provides a general introduction and broad historical background of Eastern and Central European countries from the First World War onwards, focusing on the development of independent countries and the establishment of Soviet-backed dictatorships, as well as their subsequent experience of political pluralism and external relations and alignments in post 1989 Europe. Each country is covered in an individual chapter, giving a factual account of their revolutions and upheavals and an assessment of their underlying causes.

Author : Donnacha O Beachain
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136299815
Total Pages : 258 pages
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Download or read book Life in Post-Communist Eastern Europe after EU Membership written by Donnacha O Beachain and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how membership of the European Union has affected life in the ten former communist countries of Eastern Europe that are now members of the European Union. For each country, political, economic and social changes are described and discussed, together with people’s perceptions of the effects of EU membership. Overall, the book shows how the benefits of EU membership have differed between different countries, and how perceptions about the benefits also differ and have changed over time.