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Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012 Transformations in Central Europe between 1989 and 2012 Geopolitical, Cultural, and Socioeconomic Shifts Tomas Kavaliauskas LEXINGTONBOOKS Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•Toronto•Plymouth,UK PublishedbyLexingtonBooks AwhollyownedsubsidiaryofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com 10ThornburyRoad,PlymouthPL67PP,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2012byLexingtonBooks TheEuropeanSolidarityCentreandDesmondGrahamgenerouslygrantedpermissionto usethepoem"Spring,LechWałęsaAirport,2007,"fromDesmondGraham'sbookA GdanskSketchbook:PolishPoems1984—2008.Gdansk:EuropeanCenterforSolidar- nosc,2009,p.50. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Kavaliauskas,Tomas. TransformationsinCentralEuropebetween1989and2012:geopolitical,cultural,andsocioeconom- icshifts/TomasKavaliauskas. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-7391-7410-4(cloth:alk.paper)--ISBN978-0-7391-7411-1(electronic) 1.Europe,Central--Politicsandgovernment--1989-2.Europe,Eastern--Politicsandgovernment-- 1989-3.Post-communism--Europe,Central.4.Post-communism--Europe,Eastern.5.Geopolitics.6. Socialchange.7.Europe,Central--Socialconditions--1989-8.Europe,Eastern--Socialconditions-- 1989-9.Europe,Central--Economicconditions--1989-10.Europe,Eastern--Economicconditions-- 1989-I.Title. DAW1051.K382012 943.0009'049--dc23 2012022821 ThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica InmemoryofVáclavHavel Contents Acknowledgments vii Foreword:RediscoveringPostcommunistCentralEurope xi Introduction xvii 1 DefiningCentralEuropeasaPostcommunistRegion 1 2 PositiveandNegativeFreedominCentralEuropebeforeand after1989 11 3 VirtualandRealFreedominCentralEuropeafter1989 23 4 TheCompleteandIncompleteTransitioninCentralEurope 51 5 FluctuatingSocioeconomicsandPostsocialistInvertedMorals 75 6 TheSalvationoftheTwoEuropesin1968fromthePerspective of1989 99 7 Vilnius10Group—GeopoliticalEmancipationoraLost OpportunityforAngelicMoralPolitics? 109 8 TheDemiurgeoftheEUandCentralEurope 123 9 DifferentMeaningsAppliedtoMay9thVictoryDayinWWII: RussianandBalticPerspectivesafter1989 137 10 SocialandPoliticalMeaningofLightinCentralEuropebefore andafter1989 157 11 CommunistNostalgiaasExtrapolationofthePastintothePresent 167 12 KatyńDoesNotHappenTwice 177 Bibliography 193 v vi Contents Index 203
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