Evolution of the Opposition Movements in Selected States of Central and Eastern Europe
Evolution of the Opposition Movements in Selected States of Central and Eastern Europe
Author(s): Sebastian KubasSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: opposition movement; socialist form of government; convergent patterns of opposition evolution; divergent patterns of opposition evolution; change of political system
Summary/Abstract: The article presents the development of opposition movements in five countries of the CEE region: Hungary, GDR, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovenia. The events presented and analysed in the article encompass the period from the end of the Second World War, through the implementation of the socialist form of government, to times of great political and social upheaval in 1989/1990. The author presents convergent and divergent patterns of the evolution of opposition in the countries selected, as well as their respective impacts upon the change of the states' political systems.
Journal: Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 7 ENG
- Page Range: 33-64
- Page Count: 33
- Language: English
