Taking stock of shock : social consequences of the 1989 revolutions / Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell A. Orenstein.
Contributor(s): Orenstein, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alexander) [author.]
.Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197549278 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Europe, Central -- Economic conditions -- 1989- | Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions -- 1989- | Asia, Central -- Economic conditions -- 1991- | Former communist countries -- Economic conditionsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197549230DDC classification: 330.9430009049 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: After the Cold War ended, more than 400 million people found themselves in the transition from state socialism and central planning to liberal democracy (in most cases) and free markets. Residents' evaluations of the transition are sharply divided, echoing the contradictory images presented by different social science disciplines. 'Taking Stock of the Shock' presents an interdisciplinary view of the transition process. Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell A. Orenstein blend the empirical data with lived experiences to produce a robust picture of who has won and who has lost in the post-socialist system, contextualizing the rise of populism in Eastern Europe.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
After the Cold War ended, more than 400 million people found themselves in the transition from state socialism and central planning to liberal democracy (in most cases) and free markets. Residents' evaluations of the transition are sharply divided, echoing the contradictory images presented by different social science disciplines. 'Taking Stock of the Shock' presents an interdisciplinary view of the transition process. Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell A. Orenstein blend the empirical data with lived experiences to produce a robust picture of who has won and who has lost in the post-socialist system, contextualizing the rise of populism in Eastern Europe.
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