This book makes a significant contribution to the general literature on the transition from communism and on the developments in Bulgaria during the fall of the Socialist government and the decisive victory of the Union of Democratic Forces in the April 1997 elections.
Author(s): John D. Bell (editor)
Series: Eastern Europe After Communism
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 360
City: Boulder, CO
Tables and Figures ix
Preface xi
Introduction, John D. Bell 1
PART ONE: Politics and Law
1 A Democracy Born in Pain, Roumen Daskalov 9
2 Popular Attitudes toward Politics, Petur-Emil Mitev 39
3 The Constitution and the Rule of Law, Evgeni Tanchev 65
PART TWO:The Economy and the Environment
4 Bulgarian Economic Policy and Performance, 1991-97,
Michael L. Wyzan 93
5 Social Dimensions of Economic Change: Is the Private
Market a Solution to Bulgaria's Economic Problems?
Jeffrey B. Miller 123
6 Political Change and Environmental Policy,
Boian Koulov 143
PART THREE: Ethnic and Religious Issues
7 Bulgaria's Muslim Minorities, Antonina Zhelyazkova 165
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8 The "Ilindentsi" - Does Bulgaria Have a Macedonian
Minority? John D. Bell 189
9 The Schism in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church,
1992-1997, Spas T. Raikin 207
PART FOUR: Culture
10 The New Bulgarian Literature: Deconstructing
the Pyramid, Vladimir Levchev 235
11 Canaries and Birds of Prey: the New Season of
Bulgarian Cinema, Dina Iordanova 255
PART FIVE: Foreign Relations
12 Bulgaria in the Balkans, Ekaterina Nikova 281
13 Bulgaria's Search for Security, John D. Bell 305
Appendix 325
About the Editor 333
About the Contributors 335
Index 337
