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Book SynopsisA study of East Central Europe and its place in the modern world. Combining narrative with analysis, it presents the past and present of East Central Europe in the larger context of the political and economic history of the continent.
Trade Review"[
East Central Europe in the Modern World] will not just fascinate the expert but also greatly inform those seeking a more introductory account of the borderlands once again subject to such extensive change."—
Canadian Journal of Political Science"This book is the culmination of a lifetime of academic research and thinking by one of the most prominent scholars of East Central European politics. Janos employs an exhaustive historical survey of the region (including present-day Albania, Serbia-Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and the former German Democratic Republic) to develop a grand theory of political and economic development of the countries on Europe's periphery. Ambitious in scope and engagingly argued, Janos's book is well worth reading by any serious student of East European or postcommunist politics."—
Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Andrew Janos, ever the astute observer of Europe's eastern flank, has done us all a great service by writing a thorough, highly readable, and yet provocative history of the political and economic evolution of east central Europe over the past two hundred years."—
Slavic Review"This work constitutes a provocative introduction to the politics and economics of east central Europe, and its interdisciplinary character should make it of interest to a wide audience of political scientists, historians, and economists."—
International Affairs"This book is the culmination of a lifetime of academic research and thinking by one of the most prominent scholars of East Central Europe. . . . Ambitious in scope and engagingly argued, Janos's book is well worth reading by any serious student of East European or postcommunist politics."—
Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryTable of ContentsList of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Social science, history, and political change; 2. East Central Europe: a historical overview; 3. Liberalism and the nation-state; 4. The crisis of liberalism; 5. Communism: the Imperial revolution; 6. The Soviet Bloc after Stalin; 7. From Communism to Postcommunism: the return of liberalism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
