{"product_id":"the-1989-revolutions-in-central-and-eastern-europe-9780719085277","title":"The 1989 Revolutions in Central and Eastern","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book reassesses a defining historical, political and ideological moment in contemporary history: the 1989 revolutions in central and eastern Europe. Bringing together experts from a variety of disciplines, the volume examines the rapid dismantling of the communist regimes in the late 1980s and the transition to pluralism in the 1990s. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'this volume is rich in both theoretical insights and empirical detail'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna Grzymala-Busse, Slavonic and East European Review Volume 92, no.2 April 2014\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimeline - Eastern Europe, 1945-91\u003cbr\u003eLeaders of East European and Soviet communist parties, 1945-91\u003cbr\u003eEast European communist parties and their post-communist successors\u003cbr\u003e1.The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe: origins, processes, outcomes - Kevin McDermott and Matthew Stibbe\u003cbr\u003eI. The historical longue durée\u003cbr\u003e2. Echoes and precedents: 1989 in historical perspective - Robin Okey\u003cbr\u003eII. The Gorbachev factor\u003cbr\u003e3. The multifaceted external Soviet role in processes towards unanticipated revolutions - Mary Buckley\u003cbr\u003e4. 'When your neighbour changes his wallpaper': the 'Gorbachev factor' and the collapse of the German Democratic Republic- Peter Grieder\u003cbr\u003eIII. The East European revolutions: internal and external perspectives\u003cbr\u003e5. The demise of communism in Poland: a staged evolution or failed revolution? - Tom Junes\u003cbr\u003e6. The international context of Hungarian transition, 1989: the view from Budapest - Lászl? Borhi\u003cbr\u003e7. Creating security from below: peace movements in East and West Germany in the 1980s - Holger Nehring\u003cbr\u003e8. The demise of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, 1987-89: a socio-economic perspective - Michal Pullmann\u003cbr\u003e9. Discourse and power: the FSN and the mythologisation of the Romanian revolution - Kevin Adamson and Sergiu Florean\u003cbr\u003e10. A revolution in two stages: the curiosity of the Bulgarian case - Elena Simeonova\u003cbr\u003eIV. Then and now: continuity and change in the academic and cultural perceptions of the communist era and its aftermath\u003cbr\u003e11. A hopeless case of optimism? Jürgen Kuczynski and the end of the GDR - Matthew Stibbe\u003cbr\u003e12. Meanings of 1989: right-wing discourses in post-communist Poland - Artur Lipinski\u003cbr\u003e13. From the 'thirst for change' and 'hunger for truth' to a 'revolution that hardly happened': public protests and reconstructions of the past in Bulgaria in the 1990s - Nikolai Vukov\u003cbr\u003e14 Afterword: the discursive constitution of revolution and revolution envy - James Krapfl\u003cbr\u003eSelect bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037332439383,"sku":"9780719085277","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719085277.jpg?v=1750935335","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-1989-revolutions-in-central-and-eastern-europe-9780719085277","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}