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The New Great Transformation? - Change and Continuity in East-Central Europe (Paperback, New)
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The New Great Transformation? - Change and Continuity in East-Central Europe (Paperback, New)
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The post-Communist societies of Eastern Europe are examples of a
social formation of great theoretical interest with distinctive
features of its own. They reveal that Soviet-imposed "real
socialism" has produced more fundamental and enduring changes in
the region than had generally been believed. This is most evident
in the societies which have historically been the most
western-oriented, and in which political and economic reforms are
now most advanced: Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and
Hungary. Their governments are trying to effect a transition to
democracy and the free market in conditions which are not
necessarily propitious. It is already clear that many of the
immediate benefits which neo-liberals expcted to flow from
dismantling the old system have not materialized; what the eventual
outcome of the changes will be is open to question. For this reason
it is better to speak of a transition from a known past to an
unknown future than a transition to a guaranteed end-state. Among
the central issues discussed in this text are the legacy of real
socialism, the efficacy of neo-liberal economic reforms and the
demand for social protection, and the status of "homo economicus"
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