The Revolutions of 1989 were a surprise to Kremlinologists
because their models of change overestimated the staying power of
ruling communist elites; at the same time civil society was able to
form alternative political cultures which undermined the legitimacy
of the socialist order. The Revolutions were the result of a
prolonged systemic crisis of communism, combined with the
unwillingness of Gorbachev to use force to maintain the Eastern
European rulers in power. Civil society lost its fear of the
repressive apparatus of the communist system as the ruling elites
became increasingly disunited as to how to best respond to the
crisis. After the Revolutions, other surprises were in store as the
transition unfolded and the process of democratic consolidation
encountered unanticipated obstacles.
Weiner details these issues in one of the most up-to-date
examinations of change in East Europe. After reviewing the history
of the region and the imposition of communism, he analyzes the
collapse of communism and the efforts to create stable alternatives
country-by-country. In addition, he examines models of change and
the foreign policies of the region. An indispensable guide to the
area that will be of value to political scientists and others
concerned with contemporary Eastern Europe.
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