The State against Society : : Political Crises and Their Aftermath in East Central Europe / / Grzegorz Ekiert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Ekiert, Grzegorz,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1996]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)

Classical images of state-socialism developed in contemporary social sciences were founded on simple presuppositions. State-socialist regimes were considered to be politically stable due to their pervasive institutional and ideological control over the everyday lives of their citizens, impervious to...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• CHAPTER 1. Introduction: Political Crises, Mobilization, and Demobilization in East Central Europe
• Part I. The Political Crisis and Its Aftermath in Hungary, 1956-1963
• CHAPTER 2. The Party-State and Society during the Hungarian Revolution
• CHAPTER 3. The Soviet Invasion and the Defeat of the Revolution
• CHAPTER 4. The Political Crisis, Demobilization, and Regime Reequilibration in Hungary
• Part II. The Political Crisis and Its Aftermath in Czechoslovakia, 1968-1976
• CHAPTER 5. The Party-State and Society during the Prague Spring
• CHAPTER 6. The End of Socialism with a Human Face
• CHAPTER 7. The Political Crisis, Demobilization, and Regime Reequilibration in Czechoslovakia
• Part III. The Political Crisis and Its Aftermath in Poland, 1980-1989
• CHAPTER 8. The Party-State and Society during the Solidarity Period
• CHAPTER 9. Poland under Martial Law and After
• CHAPTER 10. The Political Crisis and the Failure of Demobilization and Regime Reequilibration
• CHAPTER 11. Conclusions: Patterns and Legacies of Political Crisis, Demobilization, and Regime Reequilibration in East Central Europe
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index