Description |
1 online resource (336 pages :) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
pt. 1. Transitions from communism : different pathways -- different end stations? -- pt. 2. The break-up and unification of states in the wake of the 1989 "revolutions" -- pt. 3. Party system stability and change in Germany and Central Europe since 1989 -- pt. 4. Reunited Germany, East-West relations and the German question |
Summary |
Hauptbeschreibung On 9 November 1989, the Berlin Wall was opened, signalling the beginning of the end of the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe. By 1990, free elections had been held in most countries in the region. Forty - in some cases fifty - years of communism had come to an end. However, the 'revolutions' of 1989 were not uniform processes: the starting points were different, the trajectories were different - and outside Central Europe even the outcomes of the transitions from communism were different. The fall of communism also caused the Soviet empire to crumble, |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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English |
Subject |
World politics -- 1989-
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Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
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HISTORY / Europe / Germany
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Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
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Cultural policy
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Economic policy
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Diplomatic relations
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Politics and government
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World politics
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SUBJECT |
Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000580
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Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government
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Europe, Eastern -- Economic policy -- 1989-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91005698
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Former Soviet republics -- Economic policy
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Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000423
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1990-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004369
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Germany -- Cultural policy -- 21st century
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Eastern Europe
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Germany
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Soviet Union -- Former Soviet republics
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bakke, Elisabeth, editor.
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Peters, Ingo (Professor of political science), editor.
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ISBN |
9783830527022 |
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3830527020 |
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