The Political Economy of Middle Class Politics and the Global Crisis in Eastern Europe : The case of Hungary and Romania. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.The Political Economy of Middle Class Politics and the Global Crisis in Eastern Europe : The case of Hungary and Romania

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Contrary to dominant narratives which portray East European politics as a pendulum swing between democracy and authoritarianism, conventionally defined in terms of an ahistorical cultural geography of East vs. West, this book analyzes post-socialist transformation as part of the long downturn of the post-WWII global capitalist cycle. Based on an empirical comparison of two countries with significantly different political regimes throughout the period, Hungary and Romania, this study shows how different constellations of successive late socialist and post-socialist regimes have managed internal and external class relations throughout the same global crisis process, from very similar positions of semi-peripheral, post-socialist systemic integration. Within this context, the book follows the roleofsocial movements since the1970s, paying attention both to the level of differences between local integration regimesand to the level of structural similarities of globalintegration. The analysis maintains a special focus on movements' class composition and inter-class relationshipsand the specific position ofmiddle-classpolitics in movements.…