A Tale of Two Villages Coerced Modernization in the East European Countryside

Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina

ISBN 10: 9639776785 / ISBN 13: 9789639776784

Published by Central European Univ Pr, 2010

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219 pages. 9.25x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Tale of Two Villages Coerced Modernization in the East European Countryside
• Publisher: Central European Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9639776785
• ISBN 13: 9789639776784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.94 kilograms

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Synopsis

A non-fiction book about the social engineering operated in rural Eastern Europe by the Communist regime, based on the history of two villages in Romania. One of the two villages is the birthplace of Nicolae Ceausescu, the former Communist dictator, Scornicesti, which received massive investment during communist years and was turned into a mixture of underdeveloped village and industrial town. The other is Nucsoara, the Carpathian cradle of peasants' resistance against Communism, where half the village was executed or imprisoned and their lands divided between the other half. The state intervention failed in both villages to attain the planned objectives, but it nevertheless changed fundamentally the life of villagers. This book is mostly about the consequences of unlimited state power over people and communities.

About the Author

Alina Mungiu-Pippidi is Professor of Democracy Studies at the Hertie School in Berlin. Her research centres on anti-corruption policy and good governance.