In this thought-provoking book, Nikolai Genov presents a systematic description and explanation of Eastern European societal transformations after 1989 as a consequence of global trends.

Nikolai Genov is Professor of Sociology at the Free University Berlin, Germany

Chapter 1 Globalization and Regional Development: Social Reality and Social Science Concepts; Chapter 2; Chapter 3 Individualization versus the Common Good; Chapter 4 Instrumental Activism and Sustainability?; Chapter 5 Universalization and Part Icularisms in the Value-normative Systems; Chapter 6 Conceptualizing Social Dynamics;