The transformation of European communist societies
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The transformation of European communist societies
(Research in social movements, conflicts and change : a research annual, v. 14)
JAI Press, c1992
Available at 24 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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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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