Presents comparative research on privatization processes in five Central European countries, conducted by teams of both regional and Western researchers,... Læs mere
Examines the revival of banking across the region from Berlin to the Bering Strait, focusing on banking reform's impact on macroeconomic... Læs mere
Marvin Lazerson (professor at the Central European University and the University of Pennsylvania) considers the successes of higher education in the USA and how this has also bred discontent.
Twelve studies explicitly developed to elaborate on travel writing published in book form by east Europeans travelling in Europe from ca. 1550 to 2000.
The authors argue that areas as assemblages of social processes requiring culture-bound explanations cannot be replaced by global... Læs mere
Examines imperial methods in the Habsburg Monarchy, Ottoman Empire, Hohenzollern rule, Imperial Russia, and Spanish Empire, analyzing imperial elites, the role of nations, religions and... Læs mere
Mesic was member, later head of the Presidency of the Yugoslav Federation from August 1990. His memoir details an intricately woven storyline, which analyzes events, personalities and motivations inside Yugoslavia and its former nations, as well as in the international arena.
Based on new archival evidence, examines Soviet Empire building in Hungary and the American response to it.
This work examines theories of ethnicity and nationalism, with intermittent references to the sociology of religion and social anthropology. It covers the question as to why religion appears to have an especially strong appeal.
A discussion of the process of the economic annihilation of the Jews in Hungary, who - from the economic point of view - were more influential than any other Jewish community in Europe.
Discusses one of the major currents leading to the fall of communism. Falk examines the intellectual dissident movements in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary from the late 1960s through to 1989.
Gender has been an issue thus far neglected in transition economies. Drawing on official statistics, an international multidisciplinary team examines how women have been affected by the labor market reforms in Poland, in the transition period of the 1990s.