TY - BOOK AU - Blasko,Andrew M AU - Januauskiene,Diana TI - Political transformation and changing identities in central and eastern Europe SN - 9781565182462 (pbk.) AV - JN 96.A91 P6433.2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Council for Research in Values and Philosophy KW - Political culture KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Cultura política KW - Europa del Este KW - Europe, Central KW - Europa Central KW - Post-communism KW - Postcomunismo KW - Europa Central - KW - Politics and government KW - 1989- KW - Europa del Este - KW - Política y gobierno N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice; Identity / Tania Nedelcheva -- Identity, relation, and self-production / Vessela Misheva -- European origins and identities / Zoltan Kantor -- Institutionalizing nationalism / Ramanas Januauskas -- The origins of the power elite in Lithuania (with some regional comparisons) / Artras Valionis -- The left-right dimension in Lithuanian politics : facilitation or complication of political choice? -- Politics in transition / Diana Januauskien? -- Post-communist democratization : explaining the differences / Ingrida Geien -- Intellectuals in the political arenas of post-communist countries / Manuela Lataianu and Gabriel Lataianu -- The europeanization of Romania : a tentative assessment / Andrs Bozki and Borbla Kriza -- The Hungarian semi-loyal parties and their impact on democratic consolidation / Artur Wolek -- Lustration/decommunization as an instrument to enhance legitimacy : the influences of the past on the present rules of politics -- Changing values and vanishing trust / Aida Savicka -- Voluntary work : our way back to a civil society? -- Specifics of volunteering in a post-communist milieu / Krassimira Baytchinska -- Values of contemporary East European culture : a cross-cultural and developmental approach / Inga Gaiauskait -- The need for trust in post-communist Lithuania : an institutional perspective / Alg Makulaviien -- Trust : a still deficient cultural resource in post-communist Lithuania / Vassilka Mireva -- System support and trust in elites in Bulgaria, 1992-2002 ER -