The Break-up of Communism in East Germany and Eastern Europe by Feiwel Kupferber

Description: The Break-up of Communism in East Germany and Eastern Europe by Feiwel Kupferberg Focusing upon identity politics helps us better to understand the longterm stability of communist hegemony, its sudden collapse, the difficulties of transforming communist societies to liberal democracies and the unexpected revival of ethnic, nationalist and cultural conflicts in post-communist Eastern Europe. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book presents a novel understanding of the break-up of communist hegemony in East Germany and Eastern Europe. Based on comparative case studies, it argues that identity politics is a particular invention of communist rule, producing a political citizen. Focusing upon identity politics helps us better to understand the longterm stability of communist hegemony, its sudden collapse, the difficulties of transforming communist societies to liberal democracies and the unexpected revival of ethnic, nationalist and cultural conflicts in post-communist Eastern Europe. Author Biography FEIWEL KUPFERBERG is Associate Professor of Sociology at Aalborg University. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, guest Lecturer at Moscow University, Visiting Scholar at the Berlin Institute of Social Studies, and Visiting Scholar at Max Planck Institute of Human Development, Berlin. He is the author of The Paternalistic Spirit, and Creative Chaos in Project Work. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Rethinking the East European Revolutions The Collapse of Communism From Information Control to Creative Chaos A Hotbed of Hatred Coping with Ethnic Conflicts in Eastern Europe In the Company of Bulgarians East Germany as a `Model Case for Transformation Theory Managing an Unmasterable Past Transformation, Modernity and the East German `Sonderweg Bibliography Index Long Description This book presents a novel understanding of the break-up of communist hegemony in East Germany and Eastern Europe. Based on comparative case studies, it argues that identity politics is a particular invention of communist rule, producing a political citizen. Focusing upon identity politics helps us better to understand the longterm stability of communist hegemony, its sudden collapse, the difficulties of transforming communist societies to liberal democracies and the unexpected revival of ethnic, nationalist and cultural conflicts in post-communist Eastern Europe. Details ISBN1349270903 Author Feiwel Kupferberg Language English ISBN-10 1349270903 ISBN-13 9781349270903 Format Paperback Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Short Title BREAK-UP OF COMMUNISM IN EAST Media Book Birth 1946 Year 1999 Publication Date 1999-01-01 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 204 Edition 1st DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-27088-0 UK Release Date 1999-01-01 AU Release Date 1999-01-01 NZ Release Date 1999-01-01 Illustrations VIII, 204 p. Edition Description 1st ed. 1999 DEWEY 947.0009049 Audience Professional & Vocational Alternative 9780312215125 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:99147078;

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