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The Burdens of Freedom: Eastern Europe Since 1989 (Global History of the Present)

By Padraic Kenney

Book information

Publisher
Zed books
Year
2006
ISBN
1842776622, 9781842776629, 1842776630, 9781842776636
LCC
DJK51 .K464 2006
Open Library ID
OL22736712M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1495991 bytes)
Pages
191\191
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The Burdens of Freedom is a history of fifteen countries -- some newly-created -- as they make their way from communism to the present day. For some, the story ends happily, with triumphant entry into the European Union in 2004. Others are caught in limbo, destroyed by nationalist politics, war, and genocide, or crippled by corrupt political practices. Domestically, each country, and the region as a whole, has seen a divide emerge between winners and losers, as the emergence from one particular political and economic system has proved easy for some social groups, impossible for others. Both the winners and losers, though, represent the New Europe, moving simultaneously forward to democracy, unity, and prosperity, and toward national division, corruption, and economic disparity.

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