Whose Democracy?
Whose Democracy?

Author: Sabrina P. Ramet

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780847683246

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The years since the collapse of communism in 1989 have witnessed a dangerous renewal of religious intolerance and nationalist demands across Eastern Europe. In this provocative application of moral philosophy to the analysis of contemporary political processes in the region, Sabrina Ramet draws upon the literature of Natural Law to demonstrate that liberal democracy depends on a delicate balance between individual and societal rights. Exploring the situation of Hungarians in Slovakia, Albanians in Kosovo, theoretically-inclined Catholic bishops in Poland, Serbs in Croatia, and contending forces in post-Dayton Bosnia, Ramet contends that the terms of dispute in these cases can be deceptive. She illustrates that claims made on the basis of what she calls the doctrine of collective rights actually subvert the liberal democratic project.

Social Currents in Eastern Europe
Social Currents in Eastern Europe

Author: Sabrina P. Ramet

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 9780822315483

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Examines the meanings and sources of various social currents - intellectual dissent, feminism, religious activism, the formation of independent youth cultures and movements, and trade unionism - in seven communist countries.

Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe

Author: Sabrina P. Ramet

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9780253212566

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Eastern Europe addresses the emergence of uncertain pluralism in the region following the disintegration of the communist regimes in 1989. Taking a broad historical approach, the volume considers issues and challenges that have marked Eastern Europe from 1939 through World War II and the era of socialism, up to the present. Eight comprehensive country studies are augmented by detailed assessments of economic developments, security issues, religious currents, cultural policies, and gender relations in the region.

Bulgaria In Transition
Bulgaria In Transition

Author: John D. Bell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-20

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0429723830

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Since the forced resignation of Todor Zhivkov in November of 1989, Bulgaria's transition to democracy has been marked by good beginnings ending in frustration or disappointment. It has avoided the violent ethnic confrontations that have characterized much of the "post-Communist" Balkans, but has also seen the development of an influential criminal

Nations In Turmoil
Nations In Turmoil

Author: Janusz Bugajski

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-01

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0429710607

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This in an investigation of the sources, manifestations and implications of international conflict and co-operation throughout Eastern Europe within the broader framework of regional instabilities accompanying the post-communist transition. Tracing key historical antagonisms, the author assesses contemporary clashes within Eastern Europe and evaluates the progress and prospects for integration into the wider European community.

The Three Yugoslavias
The Three Yugoslavias

Author: Sabrina P. Ramet

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2006-06-06

Total Pages: 862

ISBN-13: 9780253346568

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Based on extensive archival research and fieldwork and the culmination of more than two decades of study, The Three Yugoslavias is a major contribution to an understanding of Yugoslavia and its successor states.