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Reflects on the difficulties confronting the forces of democracy in postcommunist Central Europe, including the psychological baggage attendant to decades of bondage in the communist state, & the disproportion of resources between the fledgling democracies, multinational corporations, & international organized crime. Civil society in this region has broken down due to decades of hierarchical control. These threats to democracy are exacerbated by the sense that government ought to be downsized rather than strengthened, & by the influx of capital that polarizes society. It is suggested that, for democracy to be institutionalized in this region, several elements are necessary: (1) a personal transformation of the citizenry into mature democrats; (2) the creation of a posture of cooperation rather than confrontation; & (3) the conviction that government is intended to protect the weak from the strong. A final factor intrinsic to the development of democracy is the creation of a conception of property that is compatible with a notion of the public good & with a safe environmental order. D. M. Ryfe

On rethinking ethnography in Central Europe : Towards cosmopolitan anthropologies in the "peripheries" / Michal Buchowski and Hana Cervinkova -- Othering the self : National identity and social class in mobile lives / Marek Pawlak -- Re-negotiating symbolic capital, status, and knowledge : Polish physicians in Sweden / Katarzyna Wolanik Boström and Magnus Öhlander -- Mobile entrepreneurs : Transnational Vietnamese in the Czech Republic / Gertrud Hüwelmeier -- Pavlivka iodine spring water : Transnational entrepreneurship in post-transition contexts / Zdenek Uherek and Veronika Beranská -- Giving birth in Berlin : Reproductive experiences of Polish migrant women / Izabella Main -- New urban activism in Slovakia : The case of Banská Bystrica / Alexandra Bituiíková -- Feminist and queer sex therapy : The ethnography of expert knowledge of sexuality in Poland / Agnieszka Koscianska -- Civil society and EU integration of Serbia : Toward a historical anthropology of globalizing post-socialist Europe / Marek Mikus -- On the road : Polish modernization from the perspective of the anthropology of the motorway / Waldemar Kuligowski and Agata Stanisz -- Ethnography of post-socialist rural change : Social memory, modernity, local empowerment, and internal displacement / Hana Horáková -- Dalai-Lamaism : An Orientalist construction of post-socialist consciousness / Martin Hríbek -- Afterword / Michal Buchowski and Hana Cervinkova

The objective of this article is to explore the current reality faced by higher education students in Central and Eastern Europe and to draw out the implications of this current reality for policy makers in the future. In the article, I explore the influence of transnational corporations' training programs on education as it currently pertains to Central and Eastern European higher education and employment. In addition, multinational corporate entities exercise influence on European Union policy through the role of lobby organizations and activities. I explore the influence of these practices on education with an emphasis on the emerging importance of Western language skills. In addition, I focus on the European Union and its efforts to expand into Central and Eastern Europe in order to provide a focal point for analysis.

The article deals with the conception of Central Europe in the perspective of clash of civilizations. The author's major thesis is the following: Central Europe is central being the centre of fight for European values including Western Christianity, liberalism, democracy, justice, and historical memory. The minor theses are the following: 1) the very notion of Central Europe is inseparable from its moral content, i.e. from imagined values to be obliged as maximas of life in a certain life‐world; 2) Central Europe serves as the becoming of Europe's identity andvice versa, the identity of Central Europe depends on contrary parts of imagined Europe. The author considers Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) as a historical rim of European civilization and the area for the becoming of Central Europe. Vidurio Europa kaip vaizdijamas regionas Santrauka Straipsnyje nagrinėjama Vidurio Europos samprata civilizacijų konflikto perspektyvoje. Didžioji autoriaus tezė: Vidurio Europa yra vidurio, būdama kovos dėl Europos vertybių, įskaitant Vakarų krikščionybę, liberalizmą, demokratiją, teisingumą ir istorinę atmintį, centras. Mažosios tezės: 1) pati Vidurio Europos sąvoka neatskiriama nuo moralinio turinio, t. y. nuo vaizdijamos vertybės, įpareigojančios kaip tam tikro gyvenamojo pasaulio gyvenimo maksima; 2) Vidurio Europa tarnauja Europos tapatėjimui ir, atvirkščiai, Vidurio Europos tapatumas priklauso nuo vaizdijamos Europos prieštaringų sandų. Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė nagrinėjama kaip Europos civilizacijos istorinis pakraštys ir Vidurio Europos tapsmo vieta. Reikšminiai žodžiai: Vidurio Europa, Europos civilizacija, vaizdijimas, regionas, vertybės. First Published Online: 14 Oct 2010

The article deals with the conception of Central Europe in the perspective of clash of civilizations. The author's major thesis is the following: Central Europe is central being the centre of fight for European values including Western Christianity, liberalism, democracy, justice, and historical memory. The minor theses are the following: 1) the very notion of Central Europe is inseparable from its moral content, i.e. from imagined values to be obliged as maximas of life in a certain life‐world; 2) Central Europe serves as the becoming of Europe's identity andvice versa, the identity of Central Europe depends on contrary parts of imagined Europe. The author considers Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) as a historical rim of European civilization and the area for the becoming of Central Europe. Vidurio Europa kaip vaizdijamas regionas Santrauka.Straipsnyje nagrinėjama Vidurio Europos samprata civilizacijų konflikto perspektyvoje. Didžioji autoriaus tezė: Vidurio Europa yra vidurio, būdama kovos dėl Europos vertybių, įskaitant Vakarų krikščionybę, liberalizmą, demokratiją, teisingumą ir istorinę atmintį, centras. Mažosios tezės: 1) pati Vidurio Europos sąvoka neatskiriama nuo moralinio turinio, t. y. nuo vaizdijamos vertybės, įpareigojančios kaip tam tikro gyvenamojo pasaulio gyvenimo maksima; 2) Vidurio Europa tarnauja Europos tapatėjimui ir, atvirkščiai, Vidurio Europos tapatumas priklauso nuo vaizdijamos Europos prieštaringų sandų. Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė nagrinėjama kaip Europos civilizacijos istorinis pakraštys ir Vidurio Europos tapsmo vieta. Reikšminiai žodžiai: Vidurio Europa, Europos civilizacija, vaizdijimas, regionas, vertybės. First Published Online: 14 Oct 2010