The end of communism in Eastern Europe

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7806904
AutoresGeorge Schöpflin (autor correspondente)
Ano1990
Volume66
Fascículo1
Páginas3-16
Data de publicação1990-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2622187
OpenAlexW2318511828
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9

This article explores why communism has collapsed in Central and Eastern Europe. In particular, it looks at the reasons for the speed and the suddenness of the transformation and offers an analysis in terms of the increasing decay of Soviet-type systems throughout the 1980s until they finally proved incapable of self-reproduction. It investigates the various factors that contributed to the collapse—economic deprivation, criticism from intellectuals, popular demonstrations and divisions within the communist party leaderships. Finally, the article raises questions about the significance of the transformation for the future of Europe as a whole

Art history · Communism · Economic history · George (robot) · Political science · Politics · Classics · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · History · Law · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition