Mastering the Past: Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe and the Rise of Illiberalism

Over the last decade Ellen Hinsey has traveled across Central and Eastern Europe researching a critical shift in the European political landscape: the rise of illiberalism. A quarter of a century after the changes of 1989--and as former Soviet sphere societies come to terms with their histories--the specters of populism, nationalism, extreme-right parties, and authoritarian rule have returned in force. Through a series of eyewitness reports, Mastering the Past offers an insider's view of ke...