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Global Trends in Eastern Europe (Paperback)
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Global Trends in Eastern Europe (Paperback)
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Eastern Europe was once clearly defined by the centralized
political and economic organization of the societies in the region.
They shared the same official ideology and were members of the same
alliances. After 1989, the region collapsed in an economic,
political and cultural implosion. What were the moving forces of
this profound change? What are its consequences? Could we try to
reasonably foresee any future developments? In this
thought-provoking book, Nikolai Genov presents a systematic
description and explanation of Eastern European societal
transformations after 1989. They are interpreted as adaptations to
four global trends; upgrading the rationality of organizations;
individualization; spreading of instrumental activism; and
universalization of value-normative systems. Adaptations to these
trends have generally been successful. However, Genov notes that
the process is marked by many failures as well. They are mostly
caused by path dependency in the societal development and by the
varying quality of relevant decisions, other destructive
developments are due to contradictions in the global trends
themselves. Guided by the assumption that the societal and
supranational integration mechanisms in Eastern Europe before 1989
could not resist the overwhelming power of global trends, Genov's
controversial findings question visions about the end of history
and simultaneously strengthen the confidence that most complex
macro-social processes can be rationally managed. A timely book
allowing for a much needed engagement in contemporary debates on
the controversial processes in Eastern European transitions.
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