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The State of sociology in eastern europe today: Forew. by Herman R. Lantz
In: Perspectives in sociology
Pamięć historyczna w służbie autorytaryzmów
In: Kultura i społeczeństwo: kwartalnik, Volume 64, Issue 3, p. 241-244
ISSN: 2300-195X
The Crisis of Democracy: An East-Central European Perspective
In: Politics in Central Europe: the journal of the Central European Political Science Association, Volume 16, Issue 2, p. 353-365
ISSN: 2787-9038
Abstract
Post-communist states of East Central Europe face the authoritarian challenge to their young democracies, the sources of which are both historical and contemporary. Economic underdevelopment, the retarded process of nation-building and several decades of communist rul made countries of the region less well prepared for democratic transformation than their Western neighbors, but better than former Soviet Union. Combination of economic and social tensions, nationalism and religious fundamentalism creates conditions conducive tom the crises of democracy, but such crises can be overcome if liberal and socialist forces join hands.
National security in the unsafe world: a Central European perspective
In: Central European political science review: quarterly of Central European Political Science Association ; CEPSR, Volume 20, Issue 77, p. 19-29
ISSN: 1586-4197
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Reflections on the Russian Revolution
In: Prispevki za novejšo zgodovino: Contributions to the contemporary history = Contributions à l'histoire contemporaine = Beiträge zur Zeitgeschichte, Volume 58, Issue 1, p. 190-195
ISSN: 2463-7807
The Russian revolution of 1917 was one of the turning points in world history, even if its radical (communist) stage proved to be a historical blind street. There was just one revolution – not two, as it had been interpreted by the Soviet historiography. The uniqueness of the Russian revolution results from the fact that the radical seizure of power in November 1917 turned to be the beginning of a long process of totalitarian dictatorship, which lasted for mor than seventy years. Today, it is the heritage of the victory in the Second World War that constitutes the founding myth of modern Russian state.