East-Central Europe in the 1990s

Explores political, social, and economic trends in the post-communist states of Europe during their first decade of transition. Examines the ongoing processes of institution-building, the growth of political pluralism, ethnic strife, economic transformation, and new security dilemmas within and across national borders, with a view toward the problems' origins in the communist past and toward their implications for future policies of post-communist leaders. Lacks an index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.