Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012 geopolitical, cultural, and socioeconomic shifts - Kavaliauskas, Tomas (Lanham Lexington Books, 2012)
Defining Central Europe as a Post-communist Region -- Positive and Negative Freedom in Central Europe Before and After 1989 -- Virtual and Real Freedom in Central Europe after 1989 -- The Complete and Incomplete Transition in Central Europe -- Fluctuating Socio-economics and Post-Socialist Inverted Morals -- The Salvation of the Two Europes in 1968 from the Perspective of 1989 -- Vilnius 10 Group : Geopolitical Emancipation or a Lost Opportunity for Angelic Moral Politics? -- The Demiurge of the EU and Central Europe -- Different Meanings Applied to May 9th Victory Day in WWII : Russian and Baltic Perspectives after 1989 -- Social and Political Meaning of Light in East Central Europe before and after 1989 -- Communist Nostalgia as Extrapolation of the Past into the Present -- Katyn does not Happen Twice.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-202) and index.
Keywords: Post-communism -- Europe, Central; Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern; Geopolitics; Social change; Europe, Central -- Politics and government -- 1989-.; Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government -- 1989-.; Europe, Central -- Social conditions -- 1989-.; Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 1989-.; Europe, Central -- Economic conditions -- 1989-.; Europe, Eastern -- Economic conditions -- 1989-.