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Author_Nikolai Genov
Bertelsmann Transformation Index
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Civil Society
East European
East European Managers
East European Societies
Eastern European Societies
Eastern European Transformations
EBRD 2009a
EBRD 2009b
Economic Calculability
Energy Resources
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EU Research Program
european
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
GDP Development
Gdp Growth
Gdp Level
Human Kind
instrumental activism
International Monetary Fund
path dependency analysis
Personal Development
post-communist transformation
privatization
region
Regional Adaptation
Russian Federation
Simultaneous Differentiation
social change theory
societal
societal adaptation to globalisation
societies
spheres
Successful Individualization
supranational integration
transformations
universal
value-normative systems
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West European Managers
West Germany
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- ISBN 9781138278745
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Eastern Europe was once clearly defined by the centralized political and economic organization of the societies in the region. They shared the same official ideology and were members of the same alliances. After 1989, the region collapsed in an economic, political and cultural implosion. What were the moving forces of this profound change? What are its consequences? Could we try to reasonably foresee any future developments? In this thought-provoking book, Nikolai Genov presents a systematic description and explanation of Eastern European societal transformations after 1989. They are interpreted as adaptations to four global trends; upgrading the rationality of organizations; individualization; spreading of instrumental activism; and universalization of value-normative systems. Adaptations to these trends have generally been successful. However, Genov notes that the process is marked by many failures as well. They are mostly caused by path dependency in the societal development and by the varying quality of relevant decisions, other destructive developments are due to contradictions in the global trends themselves. Guided by the assumption that the societal and supranational integration mechanisms in Eastern Europe before 1989 could not resist the overwhelming power of global trends, Genov's controversial findings question visions about the end of history and simultaneously strengthen the confidence that most complex macro-social processes can be rationally managed. A timely book allowing for a much needed engagement in contemporary debates on the controversial processes in Eastern European transitions.
Nikolai Genov is Professor of Sociology at the Free University Berlin, Germany
