The 1989 Revolutions and the Idea of Europe

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7972702
AutoresKrishan Kumar (0000-0001-9429-3147, University of Kent, autor de correspondencia)
Año1992
Volumen40
Número3
Páginas439-461
Fecha de publicación1992-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPolitical Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9248.1992.tb00702.x
OpenAlexW2080883423
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas6

Central Europe’, as an entity historically and culturally different from ‘Eastern Europe’, was a rallying cry and focus of opposition for many intellectuals in East Central Europe during the 1980s. In the 1989 revolutions it seemed to have found its time, the moment when it could seek to realize itself in practice. What are the claims for Central Europe? What do they tell us about the aspirations of the post-communist states in the region? What idea of Europe do they presuppose and how valid is it? The future shape of Europe will depend – at least in part – on such conceptions of its past character and present alignments

Character (mathematics · Communism · East-Central Europe · Economics · European union · Focus (optics · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Western europe · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law