Open AccessThe distinctive characteristics of transformation in Eastern Europe a combination of democracy and nationalism
Author(s) -
Kоnstаntin Nikiforov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
balcanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0801
pISSN - 0350-7653
DOI - 10.2298/balc1950427n
Subject(s) - nationalism , democracy , transformative learning , democratic revolution , communism , political science , political economy , transformation (genetics) , history , economic history , sociology , law , politics , biology , pedagogy , biochemistry , gene
Transformation in the eastern part of Europe began following the ?velvet? revolution and continued after the ?colour? revolutions. These two types of transformative revolution have many things in common, first of all a form of mass protest combining democracy and nationalism at its roots. However, nationalism did not begin to appear immediately after the fall of communism but rather after the first halting and unsuccessful democratic changes. In other words, nationalists did not take over from communists, but from democrats.