1st Edition

Political And Economic Transformation In East Central Europe

    357 Pages
    by Routledge

    376 Pages
    by Routledge

     This is an examination of the progress that Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia have made in the process of transformation since the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Looking at issues such as democratization, the transition to a market economy and the new orientations in foreign policy, this book provides a report of th

    Preface -- Foreword -- The Politics of Democratization -- Hungary -- Poland -- Slovenia -- Czechoslovakia -- Slovakia -- The Unpredictability of Democratization -- Economic Transformation -- Hungary -- Poland -- Croatia -- Slovenia -- The Czech Republic -- Slovakia -- Challenges to Integration with the West -- New Foreign Policy -- Hungary -- Poland -- Croatia -- Slovenia -- The Czech Republic -- Slovakia -- In Defense of Diversity -- Conclusion -- Six Reformist Countries on the Road to Transformation

    Biography

     Hanspeter Neuhold (1942), Professor emeritus of International Law and International Relations, University of Vienna. He is particularly interested in interdisciplinary security studies.