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" Experimenting with democracy : "
edited by Geoffrey Pridham and Tom Gallagher.
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BL
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995931
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b750301
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Experimenting with democracy : : regime change in the Balkans /\ edited by Geoffrey Pridham and Tom Gallagher.
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2000.
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Routledge studies of societies in transition ;; 13
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1 online resource (x, 282 pages)
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0203030265
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0203030265
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0415187265
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Democratization in the Balkan Countries : from theory to practice / Geoffrey Pridham -- 2. Democratization in South-Eastern Europe : theoretical considerations and evolving trends / P. Nikiforos Diamandouros and F. Stephen Larrabee -- 3. Political culture and democratization in the Balkans / Stefano Bianchini -- 4. Nationalism and democracy in South-East Europe / Tom Gallagher -- 5. The media and the search for democracy in the Balkans / Tom Gallagher -- 6. Economic transformation and democratization in the Balkans / Will Bartlett -- 7. Influencing regime change in the Balkans : the role of external forces in the transition / Valentin Stan -- 8. Light at the end of the tunnel : Romania, 1989-1998 / Aurelian Craiutu -- 9. Bulgaria : transition comes full circle, 1989-1997 / Kyril Drezov -- 10. Democratic despotism : Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Croatia / Ivan Vejvoda -- 11. Albania : the democratic deficit in the post-communist period / James Pettifer -- 12. Macedonia : an unlikely road to democracy / Bogdan Szajkowski.
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The chronic instability in the Balkan States of South East Europe has prevented the end of the Cold War becoming an era of genuine peace in Europe. Against a background of competing nationalisms, economic decline, the resilience of authoritarianism, it is easy to forget that there have been experiments with democracy have taken place since 1990 with relative success. Now, for the first time, the region is genuinely engaging with open politics; its outcome will determine whether the Balkans can cease being a byword for instability, and an area whose shock-waves have disturbed the peace of Eur.
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Democracy-- Balkan Peninsula.
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Post-communism-- Balkan Peninsula.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Democracy.
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Demokratisierung
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HISTORY-- Europe-- General.
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Politics and government
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Politischer Wandel
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Post-communism.
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Balkan Peninsula, Politics and government, 1989-
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Balkan Peninsula.
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Südosteuropa
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| Dewey Classification
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949.6055/9
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DR48.6.E96 2000eb
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Gallagher, Tom,1954-
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Pridham, Geoffrey,1942-
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