"The present volume includes the results of the conference 'Landmark 1989. Glimpses on Central and Eastern European Societies Twenty Years After the System Change,' organized in Berlin on 2-4 April 2009 by the GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences"--P. [5].
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Includes bibliographical references.
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committed to retain
Contents
Plausible theory, unexpected results : the rapid democratic consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe / Wolfgang Merkel -- Historical legacies and the politics of history : an introduction / Stefan Garsztecki -- Mirror splinters : on teh collective memory of socialism / Éva Kovács -- Poles toward the past : insights from sociological research carried out since 1989 / Andrzej Szpociński -- Historical legacies and politics of history in Ukraine : introductory remarks / Andriy Portnov -- Homo sovieticus in interpersonal relationships before and after the collapse of communism / Christopher S. Swader -- Homo sovieticus and the change of values : the case of Poland / Mira Marody -- Basic human values and identity research in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania after 1989 / Indrek Tart -- Inequalities in Central and Eastern Europe : an introduction / Kazimierz M. Slomczyński -- Social structure and social inequality in Poland after 1989 / Bogdan W. Mach -- Monitoring educational inequalities in the Czech Republic : resources, data and findings / Jana Straková -- Social inequalities in Bulgaria / Velina Topalova and Todor Hristov -- Social inequality and social problems in Romania : old and new patterns / Irina Tomescu-Dubrow -- Elite change and democratisation in Central and Eastern Europe / Heinrich Best -- Elite change and systemic change : a research note / György Lengyel -- Research on elite dynamics in post-communist Romania / Laurentiu Stefan -- Elite studies in Russia : main directions, results and challenges / Oxana Gaman-Golutvina -- Researching Europe / Karen Hernderson -- From mere research assistance to independent mature research : European integration research in Slovenia / Danica Fink-Hafner -- The European Union in Hungary and beyond : state of the art and new perspectives / Gabriella Ilonszki.