The transformation of European communist societies

Author(s)

• Kriesberg, Louis
• Segal, David R.

Bibliographic Information

The transformation of European communist societies

volume editors, Louis Kriesberg, David R. Segal

（Research in social movements, conflicts and change : a research annual, v. 14）

JAI Press, c1992

Note

Includes bibliographies and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Part 14 of a series of annual volumes concerned with political sociology. The contributory papers offer insights into the "feedback effects" of social movements. This volume covers such topics as the end of the Cold War; the post-Socialist transformation; and realizing Perestroika.

Table of Contents

• The mystery of the transformation of Communist systems, Paul Hollander
• what theories predicted the state breakdowns and revolutions of the Soviet bloc, Randall Collins and David Waller
• the end of the Cold War as a social process, Greg McLauchlan
• Eastern Europe fall 1989 - what happened and why? a theory sketch, Johan Galtung
• grassroots mobilization and international politics - peace and the end of the Cold War, Sam Marullo and David Meyer
• explaining the Cold War in the context of theories of inter-nation rivalry, Martin Patchen
• the spiral of capitalism and socialism, Christopher Chase-Dunn
• dual dependency and the informalization of external linkages - the Hungarian case, Jozsef Borocz
• the post-Socialist transformation - a unique (re)modernization, Christo Stojanov
• realizing Perestroika, S.M. Miller
• the war of historical interpretation and the prospects for peace in the post-Cold War era, Jerry Sanders.

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Details

• NCID: BA19930679
• ISBN:
  • 1559385944
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Greenwich, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 313 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00968541