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The only textbook to provide a complete introduction to post-1989 Central and Southeast European politics, this dynamic volume provides a comprehensive account of the collapse of communism and the massive transformation that the region has witnessed.

For the past 30 years, Sabrina Ramet has been a frequent visitor to the region now known as the former Yugoslavia and has conducted extensive fieldwork, consisting of both interviews and archival research.

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.

This new book is edited by CSCW researcher Sabrina Ramet  together with Davorka Matic.

The first of the Yugoslav successor states to succeed in building a democratic system and to enter the European Union, Slovenia stands as a model for democratic transition.

The War of Yugoslav Succession of 1991-95 convinced many that interethnic violence was endemic to politics in Yugoslavia and that the meltdown had occured because of ancient hatreds.

The Yugoslav breakup and conflict have given rise to a considerable literature offering dramatically different interpretations of what happened.