Postcommunism from Within : Social Justice, Mobilization, and Hegemony, Hardc...

Postcommunism from Within : Social Justice, Mobilization, and Hegemony, Hardcover by Kubik, Jan (EDT); Linch, Amy (EDT), ISBN 0814724264, ISBN-13 9780814724262, Brand New, Free shipping in the USToo many studies and programs engaged with "civil society" during post-communist transition in Europe, suggest Kubik (political science, Rutgers U.) and Linch (political theory, Pennsylvania State U.), have been framed within a teleological construction of the West's experience as the normative path for "advanced industrial democracy" and thus feel free to treat the actual views of local or regional peoples towards their desired future directions as merely opinions to be shaped and not to be heeded. In this edited work, they aim to overturn that approach by having contributors focus on local and regional narratives in response to specific social problems and how they interacted with hegemonic discourses propagated through transnational governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Of the ten chapters presented, two address theoretical and methodological issues, and the rest are organized into sections devoted to the thematic issues of gender, poverty, and corruption. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()