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Almost ten years have passed since the memorable ‘Autumn of Nations’.1 Such concepts as ‘socialist camp’, ‘world revolutionary process’ or ‘directing force’ (that is, the communist party) have faded into history. The Soviet Union no longer exists, the Cold War has ended. The former communist countries have embarked on a course of fundamental changes. The pace and nature of these, the features specific to each country and the more general patterns are undoubtedly subjects worth careful observation and analysis.
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J. Staniszkis, ‘In Search of a Paradigm of Transformation’, in E. Wnuk-Lipinski (ed.), After Communism: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Radical Social Change (Warsaw: Institute for Political Studies, 1995) pp. 19–55, quotation from p. 53.
K. von Beyme, Transition to Democracy in Eastern Europe (London: Macmillan, 1996), quotation from p. 164.
W. Kostecki (ed.), Eastern Europe in Transition: A Chance or Threat to Peace: Proceedings of a seminar, Warsaw, October 1–3, 1990 (Warsaw: Polish Institute of International Affairs, 1991).
B. Goralczyk, W. Kostecki, K. Zukrowska (eds), In Pursuit of Europe: Transformations of Post-Communist States 1989–1994 (Warsaw: Institute of Political Studies, 1995).
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Kostecki, W. (2000). Ten Years After. In: Kostecki, W., Żukrowska, K., Góralczyk, B.J. (eds) Transformations of Post-Communist States. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230511309_1
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