The Helsinki accords and political change in Eastern Europe

1999 ◽  
pp. 205-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Political Change

Ethnicity, Communism, and Political Change in Eastern Europe

1971 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Janos
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Social Relevance

Ethnicity is one of the less precise terms in the vocabulary of social science. Most frequently used in reference to language, its meaning is sometimes extended to cover common social, cultural, and physical characteristics transmitted as a matter of inheritance and capable of producing social solidarities based on affect. So defined, ethnicity has both subjective and objective dimensions, for it refers both to perceptible traits and to perception whereby the former assume social relevance.

The Handbook of Political Change in Eastern Europe

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sten Bergland ◽  
Tomas Hellén ◽  
Frank Aarebrot
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Political Change

The Earthquake, Civil Society, and Political Change in Turkey: Assessment and Comparison with Eastern Europe

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 761-778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kubicek
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Political Reform ◽  
The State ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Political Liberalization ◽  
East Central Europe ◽  
East Central

Civil society has been widely celebrated as instrumental in democratization, but in some countries it remains poorly developed. Such was the case in Turkey, but many hoped that the 1999 earthquakes would lead to an invigoration of civil society and subsequent political liberalization. Examining this claim shows that Turkish civil society has not been able to sustain the energy it enjoyed immediately after the earthquake because of factors within civil society itself and the attitude of the state. This relative failure is then contrasted with the more positive experience of civil society in East-Central Europe. The comparisons reveal some limits to the utility of a civil society approach to democratization. I conclude by assessing the ability of other actors and factors to fashion political reform in Turkey today.

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