246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Chapter 1 Globalization and Regional Development: Social Reality and Social Science Concepts; Chapter 2; Chapter 3 Individualization versus the Common Good; Chapter 4 Instrumental Activism and Sustainability?; Chapter 5 Universalization and Part Icularisms in the Value-normative Systems; Chapter 6 Conceptualizing Social Dynamics;
Biography
Nikolai Genov is Professor of Sociology at the Free University Berlin, Germany
'Nikolai Genov deftly illuminates the complex interplay of long-established social codes and contemporary transformations in Eastern Europe. This is first-class comparative sociological analysis.' Jean-Pascal Daloz, University of Oxford, UK 'A penetrating, well-documented and intellectually honest appraisal of the implosion of Eastern European countries and its economic, political and cultural causes and consequences twenty years later.' Alberto Martinelli, University of Milan, Italy
