East Central Europe and Communism: Politics, Culture and Society 1943–1991

  • Oldberg I
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Trots titeln East Central Europe and Communism: Politics, Culture and Society 1943–1991 täcker denna bok alla eight Östeuropas tidigare kommunistiska länder, inklusive »vildarna» Jugoslavien och Albanien som inte kontrollerades av Moskva. I varje land granskar Ramet kronologiskt kommunisternas politik och maktkamp, ekonomiska konsekvenser som industrialisering och jordbrukskollektivisering, men inte minst politikens effekter inom kultursfären, inklusive kyrkorna, samt kvinnornas ställning, vilka är viktiga men ofta försummade ämnen. Hon konkluderar med funktionalisten Robert Mertons terminologi att det kommunistiska systemet inte fungerade i något land med växande missnöje och opposition som icke avsedda eller insedda följder.  Despite its title, East Central Europe and Communism: Politics, Culture and Society 1943–1991, this book covers all eight ex-Communist states in Eastern Europe, including the mavericks Yugoslavia and Albania, which were not controlled by Moscow. Ramet chronologically analyses the communist policies and power struggles in each country, and consequences such as industrialization and collectivisation of agriculture. Not least, she looks at effects in the cultural sphere, including the churches, and the changing situation for women. Ramet concludes, using the sociologist Robert Merton's terminology, that the communist system did not work in any of these countries, and growing disaffection and opposition are among the unintended and actual results.

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Oldberg, I. (2023). East Central Europe and Communism: Politics, Culture and Society 1943–1991. Nordisk Østforum, 37. https://doi.org/10.23865/noros.v37.5812

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