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The nations of East Central Europe face major challenges in their
effort to construct modern, efficient and peaceful societies on par with the
West. ... It is the economic legacy of these failed states that seems to be the
greatest barrier to sustained democracy, prosperity and tolerance.
Ethnic diversity plays a role in the chaotic political history of East
Central Europe. ...
The political legacy of the nations of East Central Europe is
one of foreign imperialism and feudalism for centuries. ... 10)Ó, the Òmistrust (among the new states of
East Central Europe in the Inter-War period)É obstructed any move
toward common defense against the looming threats (Germany and
Russia)Ó (Batt p. ... Imperialism was born again, with Germany
controlling East Central Europe (1939-1945) until Soviet Russia
displaced them and ushered in yet another imperial mandate, the
Communist era. ...
Nothing so clearly shows how suddenly democratic values had penetrated the public space in Eastern Europe, or at least how impossible it had become to ignore them, as the scrupulousness with which the votes were counted in this election, which was a disaster for the governmentÉ the voters gave the former Communists and their collapsed Socialist Party a mere 8. ... 136)
Fifteen years on, the parties, players, and political philosophies of
Communist East Central Europe, and even the Soviet Union, are merely
painful history. ...
The economies of East Central Europe during the communist era were
characterized by the Òcommand (planned) economyÓ. ... Thus, a black market full of bribery and disinformation began
to flourish in the command economies of East Central Europe, where
valueless workers and corrupt managers spun their wheels from year to
year, stuck in the mud of a hopeless situation, their factories belching
unchecked toxins into the air, soil and water as the rest of the world
prospered.
Approximate Word count = 1234
Approximate Pages = 4.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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