Postsocialism : politics and emotions in Central and Eastern Europe

Postsocialism : politics and emotions in Central and Eastern Europe / Maruška Svašek.

In many parts of post-socialist Europe the tumultuous political and economic developments have generated strong emotions, ranging from hope and euphoria to disappointment, envy, disillusionment, sorrow, loneliness, and hatred. Yet these aspects have been largely neglected in analyses of the profound...

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Main Author: Svasek, Maruska (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008.
Edition:First paperback edition.
Subjects:
Post-communism > Europe, Eastern > Psychological aspects.
Ethnopsychology > Europe, Eastern.
Emotions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Emotions
Ethnopsychology
Post-communism > Psychological aspects
Politischer Wandel
Eastern Europe
Südosteuropa
Ostmitteleuropa
Russland
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Table of Contents:
  • Postsocialism; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Nostalgia and the Emotional Economy; Chapter 2. Social Suffering and Political Protest; Chapter 3. Sentiments and/as Property Rights; Chapter 4. Postsocialist Ownership; Chapter 5. Claiming Ownership in Postwar Croatia; Chapter 6. 'The First Europeans' Fantasy of Slovenian Venetologists; Chapter 7. Strategies of Resistance in the Polish Campaign against EU Membership; Chapter 8. The Misgivings of Democracy; Chapter 9. The Dynamics of Trust and Mistrust in Poland; Afterword; Notes on Contributors; Index.

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