Tick-borne encephalitis incidence in Central and Eastern Europe: consequences of political transition

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Randolph
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Political Transition ◽  
Tick Borne Encephalitis

States of Contention: State-Led Political Violence in Post-Socialist Romania

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Gledhill
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Political Transition ◽  
Collective Violence ◽  
Free Press ◽  
National Salvation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Early Phases ◽  
Opposition Parties

Throughout the 1990s, Romania's transition from authoritarianism was witness to repeated instances of intense collective violence. Specifically, miners from the country's Jiu Valley region descended on Bucharest—attacking civilians, offices of the free press, and the headquarters of opposition parties. This article attends to the strikes of June 1990 and, in so doing, addresses the broader issue of political violence during the early phases of a political transition. As one of the few cases of (nonethnic) transitional violence in Central and Eastern Europe, the miners' strikes have been put forward as evidence of an oft-cited Romanian “exceptionalism.” However, this article's focus on the perceived extrainstitutional threat to the weakly legitimate National Salvation Front government, and the violent response to that threat by the government (which coordinated the miners' attacks), leads to a conclusion in which Romania's posttransition violence is seen as a rational—albeit devastating—manifestation of regular politics, by “other means.”

Migration and democracy in central and eastern Europe

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon James Tonelli
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Population Control ◽  
Transitional Period ◽  
Political Transition ◽  
Labour Migration ◽  
Soviet Bloc ◽  
The Political ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Impact

Amidst the political changes that swept through central and eastern Europe following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the right to migrate was synonymous in the minds of many with the establishment of democracy. Although the political transition of the 1990s was preceded in some countries by a relaxation of their strict exit regimes, these were only minor measures in comparison with the profound changes to the system of population control ushered in by the political transition to democracy. A mosaic of migration patterns (ethnically based migrations, return migration, labour migration, transit migration) gathered pace during the 1990s throughout the vast region of the former Soviet bloc. As conflict and war broke out in different areas, notably in the Caucasus and south-east Europe, these migratory movements were inflated by huge numbers of refugees, asylum-seekers and displaced persons. The newly independent states underpinned their political transition towards democracy, the rule of law and the protection of human rights through membership of the Council of Europe and ratification of international conventions which included important guarantees for the rights and protection of migrants and their families. In May 2004, eight of these countries will join the European Union and after a transitional period become integral parts of the internal labour market with their populations enjoying the full freedom of movement rights of EC law. This article outlines the major migration trends in central and eastern Europe since the extension of democracy across the continent, highlights different aspects of labour migration in the region, including the impact of EU enlargement, and refers to some integration issues. This description is preceded by a series of brief historical, political and legal perspectives.

Socio-economic factors in the differential upsurge of tick-borne encephalitis in central and Eastern Europe

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Šumilo ◽  
Antra Bormane ◽  
Loreta Asokliene ◽  
Veera Vasilenko ◽  
Irina Golovljova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Tick Borne Encephalitis ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Local Governance in Central and Eastern Europe

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomila V. Lankina ◽  
Anneke Hudalla ◽  
Hellmut Wollmann
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Local Governance
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