Poland is the only country in which popular protest and mass opposition, epitomized by the
Solidarity movement, played a significant role in bringing down the communist regime. This …

The Science of Stories explores the role narrative plays in human life. Supported by in-depth
research, the book demonstrates how the ways in which people tell their stories can be …

Melegh's work offers a powerful analysis of the sociological and symbolic meanings of East-
West in Europe after the end of the Cold War. While the fundamental poles of East and West …

Perhaps the most vexing question facing Europe today is what to do about asylum seekers
and people in search of work who arrive daily, some escaping nations where poverty and …

Jasna Dragovi-Soso asks why this strong and apparently democratic opposition movement
subsequently turned towards an extreme form of nationalism and had by the end of the …

Discusses one of the major currents leading to the fall of communism. Falk examines the
intellectual dissident movements in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary from the late …

Social psychologists argue that people's past weighs on their present. Consistent with this
view, Historical Tales and National Identity outlines a theory and a methodology which …

What are the psychological processes responsible for the recent spread of populist political
systems and movements? All political systems essentially reflect the mental representations …

The 1956 Page 1 The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: The 1956 Hungarian Revolution A History
in Documents A History in Documents edited by A National Security Archive Cold War Reader …

The present book is a contribution to the effort to take stock of changes in media systems in
post-communist society, as well as of the scholarly debate on the subject. Of course, it is not …