Aftershock: A Journey Into Eastern Europe's Broken Dreams Contributor(s): Feffer, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783609486 ISBN-13: 9781783609482 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - European - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
Dewey: 320.947 |
Physical Information: 1.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (1.25 lbs) 608 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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Publisher Description: In this unique, panoramic account of faded dreams, journalist John Feffer returns to Eastern Europe a quarter of a century after the fall of communism, to track down hundreds of people he spoke to in the initial atmosphere of optimism as the Iron Curtain fell - from politicians and scholars to trade unionists and grass roots activists. What he discovers makes for fascinating, if sometimes disturbing, reading. From the Polish scholar who left academia to become head of personnel at Ikea to the Hungarian politician who turned his back on liberal politics to join the far-right Jobbik party, Feffer meets a remarkable cast of characters. He finds that years of free-market reforms have failed to deliver prosperity, corruption and organized crime are rampant, while optimism has given way to bitterness and a newly invigorated nationalism. Even so, through talking to the region's many extraordinary activists, Feffer shows that against stiff odds hope remains for the region's future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Feffer, John: - John Feffer is a freelance journalist and director of the Foreign Policy In Focus program at the Institute for Policy Studies. |