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The break-up of communism in East Germany and Eastern Europe

Feiwel Kupferberg

Abstract

This book presents a novel understanding of the break-up of communist hegemony in East Germany and Eastern Europe. Based on comparative case studies, it argues that identity politics is a particular invention of communist rule, producing a political citizen. Focusing upon identity politics helps us better to understand the longterm stability of communist hegemony, its sudden collapse, the difficulties of transforming communist societies to liberal democracies and the unexpected revival of ethnic, nationalist and cultural conflicts in post-communist Eastern Europe.

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Introduction Feiwel Kupferberg

pp.1-17

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Rethinking the East European revolutions Feiwel Kupferberg

pp.18-39

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The collapse of communism Feiwel Kupferberg

pp.40-48

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From information control to creative chaos Feiwel Kupferberg

pp.49-68

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A hotbed of hatred Feiwel Kupferberg

pp.69-97

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Coping with ethnic conflicts in Eastern Europe Feiwel Kupferberg

pp.98-117

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In the company of bulgarians Feiwel Kupferberg

pp.118-128

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East Germany as a "model case" for transformation theory Feiwel Kupferberg

pp.129-148

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Managing an unmasterable past Feiwel Kupferberg

pp.149-169

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Transformation, modernity and the East German Sonderweg Feiwel Kupferberg

pp.170-186

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Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 1999

Pages: 204

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-27088-0

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-27090-3

ISBN (digital): 978-1-349-27088-0

Full citation:

Kupferberg Feiwel (1999) The break-up of communism in East Germany and Eastern Europe. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.