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Title Central Europe on the threshold of the 21st century : interdisciplinary perspectives on challenges in politics and society / edited by Lucyna Czechowska and Krzysztof Olszewski
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 401 pages) : illustrations
Series CGS studies ; volume 1
CGS studies ; v. 1.
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE -- IDENTITY ISSUES; CHAPTER ONE -- MARTYRDOM AND COMMUNITY? CENTRAL-EUROPEAN IDENTITY AND POST-TOTALITARIAN TRAUMA; CHAPTER TWO -- CENTRAL EUROPEANS INTO EUROPEANS: COMMON IDENTITY AND INDIVIDUALIZATION DURING THE 1990s IN THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN STATES; CHAPTER THREE -- SHARED MEMORY: THE SOURCES OF POLISH AND GERMAN PERCEPTIONS OF HISTORY AFTER SYSTEM TRANSFORMATIONS; CHAPTER FOUR -- THE PROBLEM OF IDENTITY CREATION: GOVERNANCE OF INFORMATION IN THE POST-TOTALITARIAN UKRAINIAN CONTEXT
CHAPTER FIVE -- MODERN LUSATIA: OPEN-AIR MUSEUM OR LIVING TRADITIONS OF THE REGION? A SURVEY BASED ON SORBIAN BROCHURES IN UPPER LUSATIAPART TWO -- CENTRAL EUROPE IN WORLD POLITICS; CHAPTER SIX -- GOVERNMENT IN A STATE OF CONFUSION: THE CHALLENGES TO NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY POSED BY GLOBALISATION; CHAPTER SEVEN -- DILEMMAS OF POWER IN CENTRAL EUROPE ON THE THRESHOLD OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; CHAPTER EIGHT -- INVOLVEMENT OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN STATES IN THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF NATO; CHAPTER NINE -- TRANSFORMATION OF THE GEOSTRATEGIC POSITION OF ROMANIA AFTER 1989
PART THREE -- CENTRAL EUROPE IN THE EUROPEAN UNIONCHAPTER TEN -- LOST DYNAMICS OR DYNAMIC LOSS? EXPLORING THE VAGUE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION; CHAPTER ELEVEN -- ELEMENTS OF CONTINUITY IN THE US POLICY TOWARDS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: THE CASE OF THE EU ENLARGEMENT OF 2004 -- OXANA LEKARENKO; CHAPTER TWELEVE -- THE EU STRATEGIES FOR THE BALTIC SEA AND THE DANUBE REGION: A COMPARATIVE VIEW; CHAPTER THIRTEEN -- ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SLOVENIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE EU COUNCIL; PART FOUR -- BILATERAL RELATIONS; CHAPTER FOURTEEN -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE POLISH-ROMANIAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
CHAPTER FIFTEEN -- THE IMPACT OF BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ON THE POLITICAL STATUS OF EASTERN CENTRAL EUROPE (1991-2010)CHAPTER SIXTEEN -- HUMAN RIGHTS IN RELATIONS BETWEEN POLAND AND BELARUS; PART FIVE -- POLITICAL AND PARTY SYSTEMS; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN -- STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PARLIMENTS BY CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS OF THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEMBER STATES; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN -- SMALL(EST) PARTIES IN CENTRAL EUROPE: THE PIRATE PARTY AS A SWEDISH EXPORT
CHAPTER NINETEEN -- THE MOLDOVAN POLITICAL SYSTEM IN CRISIS SINCE 2009: CONSTITUTIONAL OR POLITICAL CRISIS?CHAPTER TWENTY -- TWENTY YEARS OF THE CZECH PARTY SYSTEM: 1992-2011; PART SIX -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE -- STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE EUROPEAN UNION; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO -- POLAND'S MASS PRIVATIZATION PROGRAMME: INSTITUTIONS AND THE MARKET; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE -- THE CULTURE OF POVERTY IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES: THE CASE OF MOLDOVA
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR -- BUFFER ZONE: SOCIO-CULTURAL CHANGES IN THE FIELD OF MIGRATION AND RELIGOUS GROUPS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC -- DANIEL TOPINKA AND DUŠAN LUŽNÝ
Summary This book draws attention to selected aspects of the Central European reality and discusses interesting subjects related to the political, economic and social landscape of the region, which are in a continuous process of transformation. The book will be a useful source of knowledge, as Central Europe is still considered to be an ""undiscovered island"" in the ""changeable waters"" of contemporary international relations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject International relations.
Politics & government.
Ethical issues & debates.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Diplomatic relations
Economic history
Politics and government
Religion
Social conditions
SUBJECT Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003220
Europe, Central -- Foreign relations
Europe, Central -- Economic conditions -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2005005016
Europe, Central -- Social conditions -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003011368
Europe, Central -- Religion
Subject Central Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Czechowska, Lucyna
Olszewski, Krzysztof
ISBN 9781443864831
1443864838