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This groundbreaking treatment of post-communist developments in East Central Europe examines politics, economics, media, religious institutions, transitional justice, gender inequality, and literature, highlighting the overt functions, latent functions, and side effects associated with each sphere.
List of contents
1. The Functions of Pluralism, the Dysfunctions of Populism: An Introduction 2. Changes in Political Institutions and Party Systems 3. Unintended Consequences in the Economic Transition 4. The Functions, Dysfunctions, and Unintended Consequences of War: Yugoslav Conflicts, 1991-2001 5. The Latent Functions of EU Accession and EU Norms 6. The Media - Functioning in Whose Interest? 7. God, Religious Institutions, and Politics 8. Transitional Justice 9. Patterns of Inequality of Gender and Sexual Orientation Since 1989: The Latent Dysfunctionality of Patriarchy, the Unexpected Consequences of Policy Decisions 10. The Latent Functions of Literature 11. Drivers of Change - A Functionalist Perspective
About the author
Sabrina P. Ramet is a Professor Emerita at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She is the author of 16 scholarly books, including
East Central Europe and Communism: Politics, Culture, and Society, 1943-1991 and editor or co-editor of 42 scholarly books.
Lavinia Stan is the European Research Area (ERA) Chair and Professor at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. She is author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of numerous previous books, among them
Post-Communist Transitional Justice: Lessons from 25 Years of Experience.
Summary
This groundbreaking treatment of post-communist developments in East Central Europe examines politics, economics, media, religious institutions, transitional justice, gender inequality, and literature, highlighting the overt functions, latent functions, and side effects associated with each sphere.
