- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Copenhagen Business School Press (24 Jan 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 8763000431
- ISBN-13: 978-8763000437
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.8 x 2.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,838,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This volume is essential reading for all those interested in central Europe...in the politics of identity, the nature of European integration process, the problems of post-communist transition and the reshaping of European order. The essays sparkle with intelligent observation, clear analysis and provocative interpretations...this book addresses a bundle of issues of enormous importance for the future of Europe, and deserves to be widely read and discussed." International Affairs, vol. 76 no. 3, July 2000 "One of the most interesting questions raised in this book is whether, however paradoxical it may seem, the Central European states of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, cheered on by the West in pursuing their goal of aquiring full membership in the Western superstructures, will in actuality be giving up their Central European identity, only to find themselves in the periphery of Western Europe. Perhaps the greatest strength of this collection is that it brings together so many different perspectives on questions such as this." Central Europe Review, (www.ce-review.org) October 2000 "...a valuable contribution to understanding the rise and decline of the concept of Central Europe in the 1980s and 1990s... explores how ideas and political preferences interacted as the Cold War ended." William Wallace, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics "The question...is whether the search for Central European identity is a way to differentiate from east in order to join the west or a desire to be a part of Europe for all. By rising many questions and providing different analysis, the book is a certain contribution toward the discussion on this topic." Peter Zashev, NFF-nytt
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Central Europe is a paradox. On the one hand it is the heart of Europe, a region still full of the literature, classical music and high culture of the vanished comic opera world of 19th-century Vienna and Budapest; and on the other hand it is remnant of the Soviet Empire, economically devastated and socially crippled by decades of Communist Party rule. Leading historians, specialists in art and literature, economists and political scientists from East and West present a stock-tacking ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of past era. Russian and German commentators with a perspective from Moscow and Berlin give a multi-faceted picture of this complicated region at the turn of the 20th century. From contemporary security issues through the prospects for European Union expansion to the deep cultural and historical roots of the countries of the region, this volume of essays will do much to improve your knowledge and understanding.
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Just as the contributing essayists in this collection prove that the Central European countries are indeed central to Europe's future, editor Christopher Lord proves that this book should be regarded as essential to anyone interested in the topic. Very few books on Central Europe have managed to avoid being dragged into the mire of pre-1989 political disputes. This book focuses on developments in Central Europe since the fall of Communism and asks a group of renowned specialists from all over the region to predict Central Europe's future. The result is a very pertinent work on a dynamic area that is arguably even more geo-politically vital now than it was back in the days when the U.S. and U.S.S.R. started a cold war over it.
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