The break-up of Communism in East Germany and Eastern Europe
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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 apolitical citizens.
Focusing upon identity politics helps us to understand better the long-term stability of communist hegemony, its sudden collapse, the difficulties of transforming communist societies into liberal democracies and the unexpected revival of ethnic, nationalist and cultural conflicts in post-communist Eastern Europe.
Focusing upon identity politics helps us to understand better the long-term stability of communist hegemony, its sudden collapse, the difficulties of transforming communist societies into liberal democracies and the unexpected revival of ethnic, nationalist and cultural conflicts in post-communist Eastern Europe.
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