Presented by Klimkiewicz (Institute of Journalism and Social Communication, Jagiellonian U., Poland), the 14 chapters of this book analyze key issues of European Union and Council of Europe media poli
Mungiu-Pippidi (political science, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin) takes a close look at two villages in Romania and how they have changed amidst the coming and going of communism and their entra
Readable, cogent explanation of how the U.S. can have the best system of higher education in the world, but also a system that seems to be coming apart at the seams.-Susan Fuhrman, President Teachers
Based on research and scholarship associated with the European Cooperation in Science and Technology COST A30 Action East of West: Setting a New Central and Eastern European Media Research Agenda , a
Arguing that European concepts of Marxism and fascism have very little to do with the events of Chinese history, Gregor (political science, U. of California) argues that a better understanding would
This collection of sixteen articles on contemporary Serbian political culture highlights the difficulties in creating the stable political institutions and democratic processes necessary for integrati
Since the collapse of communism in 1989, a number of new political parties and groupings have emerged in Poland. Here, Szczerbiak (contemporary European studies, U. of Sussex) traces the development o
Having found in an earlier book--Democracy and Deficits: The New Political Economy of Fiscal Management Reforms in the European Union, 2007--that there was a relationship between trust in government a
This volume provides a comparative exploration the economic and sociopolitical effects of forced agricultural collectivization under the communist regimes of Eastern Europe. It includes country case s
Offers a richly illustrated history of Jews in Budapest, from medieval times to the present, and gives a comprehensive account of Jewish culture and ritual customs in Budapest. Looks in turn at each o
Twenty-one essays debate the meaning of the end of communist power in Russia and Eastern Europe. Antohi (history, U. of Bucharest) and Tismaneanu (government and politics, U. of Maryland) have gathere
The Tsarist government imposed restrictions on the Ukrainian language print materials through the promulgation of the Valuev Circular of 1863 and the Ems Edict of 1876. Miller (of Central European U.,
This collection of 12 essays closely examines the trajectory of revisionism, focusing on analysis of conditions in Central European states from Germany to Ukraine and Estonia. With the sure knowledge
Bracewell (History, University College London) has assembled over 100 examples of travel writing about Europe, written by east Europeans over the past 450 years. Ranging from pilgrimage diaries from t
