Rose, Richard,  1933- <br/><br/>
Understanding post-communist transformation :  A bottom up approach / 
Richard Rose. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2009. 
 - 223 p. :  ill.,maps, tabs. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliogr. references. 
<br/><br/>The iron curtain falls ; Living in an anti-modern society; Making progress and falling behind ; The need for patience ; The need for a civil economy ; Getting enough to eat ; Social capital when government fails ; Juggling multiple economies ; Stresses and opportunities : the impact on health ; Freedom as a fundamental gain ; Democratization backwards ; The impact of a ready-made German state ; Ex-communists in post-communist societies ; Parties without civil society ; A floating system of parties ; Voters without trust ; Learning to support new regimes ; Adapting to Russian-style normality ; An evolving Europe ; Post-transformation issues. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415482186 (hbk) 0415482194 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>European Union--Membership.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Post-communism--Europe, Central.<br/>Post-communism--Europe, Eastern.<br/>Civil society--Europe, Central.<br/>Civil society--Europe, Eastern.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe, Central--Social conditions--1989-<br/>Europe, Eastern--Social conditions--1989-