Bulgaria In Transition: Politics, Economics, Society, And Culture After Communism

by John D. Bell

Overview

This book makes a significant contribution to the general literature on the transition from communism and on the developments in Bulgaria during the fall of the Socialist government and the decisive victory of the Union of Democratic Forces in the April 1997 elections. .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367164850
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/19/2020
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

John D. Bell is professor of history at UMBC in Maryland and is a past president of the Bulgarian Studies Association. He has written numerous articles on Bulgarian, Balkan, and Russian history and is the author of Peasants in Power: Alexander Stamboliski and the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union, 1899–1923 (1977), The Bulgarian Communist Party from Blagoev to Zhivkov (1986), and The Reader’s Guide to Bulgaria (1994).

Table of Contents

Introduction Part One: Politics and Law 1. A Democracy Born in Pain 2. Popular Attitudes toward Politics 3. The Constitution and the Rule of Law Part Two: The Economy and the Environment 4. Bulgarian Economic Policy and Performance, 1991–97 5. Social Dimensions of Economic Change: Is the Private Market a Solution to Bulgaria's Economic Problems? 6. Political Change and Environmental Policy Part Three: Ethnic and Religious Issues 7. Bulgaria's Muslim Minorities 8. The "Ilindentsi" - Does Bulgaria Have a Macedonian Minority? 9. The Schism in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, 1992–1997 Part Four: Culture 10. The New Bulgarian Literature: Deconstructing the Pyramid 11. Canaries and Birds of Prey: the New Season of Bulgarian Cinema Part Five: Foreign Relations 12. Bulgaria in the Balkans 13. Bulgaria's Search for Security

Editorial Reviews

Specialists from the west and Bulgaria herself examine the developments in the eastern-European country since 1989. They explain that though the country has avoided the ethnic conflicts of nearby regions, an influential criminal sector has developed and has blocked serious economic reform and attempts to create a functioning democracy, thus inhibiting integration with Europe and western investment in the country. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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