Open AccessEveryday Life After Communism: Some Observations from Lithuania
Author(s) -
Maeve McMahon
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
the carl beck papers in russian and east european studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-839X
pISSN - 0889-275X
DOI - 10.5195/cbp.2002.120
Subject(s) - communism , ambivalence , everyday life , independence (probability theory) , political science , democracy , state (computer science) , political economy , period (music) , sociology , law , aesthetics , politics , psychology , psychoanalysis , art , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , computer science
What Is Everyday Life Like After Communism? East European countries have been experiencing a ~ajor peri~d oftransition. State Communism, dependence, and command economres are bemg superseded by democracy, independence, andcapitalism. Yet, within are latively short period, it has become clear that many East Europeans are ambivalent about these changes. This has been reflected, for example, in the electoral victories of former Communists in various countries. What has been far less clear for many foreign observers is why such ambivalent sentiments have become prevalent.