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Post-Transformation and the Civil Sphere in Central and Eastern Europe

Post-Transformation and the Civil Sphere in Central and Eastern Europe

Jaworsky, Bernadette Nadya
Worschech, Susann
Alexander, Jeffrey C.

Hardcover

Series: Cultural Sociology

General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3032265185
ISBN13: 9783032265180
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jul 8 2026
Pages: 333
Weight: 1.28
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This book provides a unique look into the civil spaces of post-transformation societies in Central and Eastern Europe. It investigates the dynamics of civil spheres in a region characterized by overcoming dictatorship and experiencing transitions and tremendous social change. Empirically, the book provides ten case studies that analyze the often ambivalent processes of polarization and democratic backsliding, memory culture and the role of emotions, as well as new forms of democratic resilience that have emerged in the region. The book utilizes civil sphere theory and introduces the concept of post-transformation as the central parameter of complex social and political developments in Central and Eastern Europe. In combining these theories, the book illuminates the tensions between institutionalization and informality, trust, mistrust, and the evolution of a we-ness and abstract solidarity, and thereby, explores how democratic software is programmed against the backdrop of different socialist and post-socialist legacies.

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