East Central Europe in the Modern World The Politics of the Borderlands from Pre-To Postcommunism

"[East Central Europe in the Modern World] will not just fascinate the expert but also greatly inform those seeking a more introductory account of the borderlands once again subject to such extensive change."Canadian Journal of Political Science "This book is the culmination of a lifetime of academic research and thinking by one of the most prominent scholars of East Central European politics. Janos employs an exhaustive historical survey of the region (including present-day Albania, Serbia-Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and the former German Democratic Republic) to develop a grand theory of political and economic development of the countries on Europe's periphery. Ambitious in scope and engagingly argued, Janos's book is well worth reading by any serious student of East European or postcommunist politics."Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryJanos, Andrew C. is the author of 'East Central Europe in the Modern World The Politics of the Borderlands from Pre-To Postcommunism', published 2002 under ISBN 9780804746885 and ISBN 0804746885.