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Drawing on a classical understanding of "liberalism" based on a philosophy of Natural Law, Sabrina Ramet probes the issues of capitalism, national sovereignty and self-determination, gender inequality, and political legitimacy in the context of Eastern Europe's particular experience in her resent book.