Bulgaria In Transition

Politics, Economics, Society, And Culture After Communism
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-16485-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

This book makes a significant contribution to the general literature on the transition from communism and on the developments in Bulgaria during the fall of the Socialist government and the decisive victory of the Union of Democratic Forces in the April 1997 elections.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bell, John D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part One: Politics and Law 1. A Democracy Born in Pain 2. Popular Attitudes toward Politics 3. The Constitution and the Rule of Law Part Two: The Economy and the Environment 4. Bulgarian Economic Policy and Performance, 1991–97 5. Social Dimensions of Economic Change: Is the Private Market a Solution to Bulgaria's Economic Problems? 6. Political Change and Environmental Policy Part Three: Ethnic and Religious Issues 7. Bulgaria's Muslim Minorities 8. The "Ilindentsi" - Does Bulgaria Have a Macedonian Minority? 9. The Schism in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, 1992–1997 Part Four: Culture 10. The New Bulgarian Literature: Deconstructing the Pyramid 11. Canaries and Birds of Prey: the New Season of Bulgarian Cinema Part Five: Foreign Relations 12. Bulgaria in the Balkans 13. Bulgaria's Search for Security

Über Autor(innen)

John D. Bell is professor of history at UMBC in Maryland and is a past president of the Bulgarian Studies Association. He has written numerous articles on Bulgarian, Balkan, and Russian history and is the author of Peasants in Power: Alexander Stamboliski and the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, 1899–1923 (1977), The Bulgarian Communist Party from Blagoev to Zhivkov (1986), and The Reader’s Guide to Bulgaria (1994).