Unfinished Europe

Transition from Communism to Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10073553
AutoresIván T Berend (University of California, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia), Bojan Bugarič (0000-0002-2730-8043, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Año2015
Volumen50
Número4
Páginas768-785
Fecha de publicación2015-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022009415596845
OpenAlexW2339879843
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

The Berlin Wall collapsed a quarter of a century ago. This anniversary led to publication of studies about the success of Central and East European transformation. Some of them maintain that the region became ‘normal,' and nearer to their Western neighbors. In reality, the region still belongs to the periphery of Europe with a mostly dual economy and low level of income. Modern sectors and the entire banking industry are subsidiaries of Western multinationals. The political system is often authoritarian. Democratic forms often cover non-democratic contents. Corruption, tax evasion and other symptoms of peripheral political behavior are quite common. Transformation is so far not accomplished and will certainly require two or three generations to achieve

Authoritarianism · Communism · Democracy · Development economics · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Language change · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Law · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition