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Diverse Paths to Modernity in Southeastern Europe - Essays in National Development (Hardcover, New)
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Diverse Paths to Modernity in Southeastern Europe - Essays in National Development (Hardcover, New)
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As the nations in Southeastern Europe confront the changes that are
sweeping across the continent, there is much talk of a new
beginning for the countries. But just as surely as they face the
enormous task of restructuring, their future development will
certainly be influenced to a large extent by their particular
experiences in the past. This collection of essays considers the
problems and prospects of development from a historical perspective
by examining the major Balkan states: Yugoslavia, Romania, Greece,
and Bulgaria. These strategic countries are an excellent example of
societies with the potential for significant economic growth, but
which have developed unevenly because of external and domestic
factors. This work provides an integrated overview, geographically
and temporally, of each nation's development, reaching back to its
emergence. In his introduction, editor Gerasimos Augustinos
characterizes development as the process by which economic and
technological change leads to the transformation of the
institutions and values of a society. Each contributor then
examines each country and its specific historical determinants,
identifying the developmental strategies that have been attempted
in each state and allowing for the comparison of variations. Essay
one focuses on Bulgarian modernization, discussing the
possibilities and limits of political and economic development
through secularization. The problems of differentiated
modernization form the basis of the second essay, which compares
the seemingly dissimilar states of Bulgaria and Yugoslavia in the
first half of the twentieth century. Essay three addresses the
socialist self-management strategy that Yugoslavia adopted in
anattempt to promote progress and regime legitimacy. The
development of Greece through the market and entrepreneurship is
the subject of the fourth essay, while Romania's rapid shift from
agriculture to industrialization serves as the focus of the final
essay. This comparative study will be an important reference work
for courses in contemporary political systems, economic
development, and European history, as well as a significant
addition to public, college, and university libraries.
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