Publisher's Synopsis
This edition brings East-Central Europe's revolutionary events of 1989 into context with the transitional yet turbulent 1990s. It shows new parties, new politics, new constitutions and new opportunities in the light of economic shock therapies, "left turns" in recent elections, and dissolving sovereignties and alliances. Despite savage ethnic conflict, economic scarcity and political insecurity, it shows that East-Central Europe is consolidating and re-emerging as a region to be reckoned with on the global stage.