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  title info:
    title: Fragile dreams
    sub title: tales of liberalism and power in central Europe
  name:
    name part: Gould, John A.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)
    role:
      role term: publisher.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: miu
    date issued: 2021
    copyright date: 2021
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xv, 230 pages) : illustration, maps
  abstract: In Fragile Dreams, John A. Gould examines Central European communism, why it failed, and what has come since. Moving loosely chronologically from 1989 to the present, each chapter focuses on topics of importance to the fields of comparative politics, sociology, and feminist and gender studies. He addresses literature and key events related to the following: uprisings and social movements; communism and liberalism; the 20th century communist experience; post-communist liberal economic and political reform; politicized identity (with a focus on nation, gender and sexual orientation); democratization and EU accession; homophobia; and finally, populism and democratic decline. He draws heavily from his own research and experience as well as case studies of the former Czechoslovakia, Western Balkans, and Hungary--but much of the analysis has general applicability to the broader postcommunist region. Broad in its coverage, this academically rigorous book is ideal for students, travelers, and general readers. Gould writes in the first person and seamlessly blends theory with stories both from the existing literature and from 30 years of regional personal experience with family and friends. Throughout, Gould introduces key concepts, players, and events with precise definitions. Wherever possible, he emphasizes marginalized narratives, centering theory and stories that are often overlooked in standard comparative political science literature.
  note: John A. Gould.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-230) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: ec-----
  subject:
    topic: Liberalism
    geographic: Europe, Central
    temporal: 20th century
  subject:
    topic: Liberalism
    geographic: Europe, Central
    temporal: 21st century
  subject:
    geographic: Europe, Central
    topic: Politics and government
    temporal: 1989-
  subject:
    geographic: Europe, Central
    topic: Social conditions
    temporal: 1989-
  subject:
    geographic: Europe, Central
    topic: History
    temporal: 1989-
  classification: JC574.2.E8515
  identifier: 9780472129461
  identifier: 0472129465
  identifier: 9780472075041
  identifier: 9780472055043
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: EYM
    record creation date: 210614
    record change date: 20221202164702.4
    record identifier: in00004606716
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng