The Routledge History Handbook of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

Statehood examines the extending lines of development of nation-state systems in Eastern Europe, in particular considering why certain tendencies in state development found a different expression in this region compared to other parts of the continent. It is the go-to resource on statehood and state-building in this complex region.

Autorentext

Wodzimierz Borodziej is Professor of History at Warsaw University, Poland.

Sabina Ferhadbegovi is Research Associate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany.

Joachim von Puttkamer is Professor of Eastern European History at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany and Co-Director of the Imre Kertész Kolleg.

Klappentext

Statehood examines the extending lines of development of nation-state systems in Eastern Europe, in particular considering why certain tendencies in state development found a different expression in this region compared to other parts of the continent. It is the go-to resource on statehood and state-building in this complex region.

Inhalt

Volume Introduction 1 Projections and Representations of Statehood 2 Towards a New Quality of Statehood: Bureaucratization and State-Building in Empires and Nation States Before 1914 3 Deconstructing and Reconstructing Statehood: The Impact of the World Wars (Part I) The First World War 4 Statehood in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: The Interwar Period 5 Deconstructing and Reconstructing Statehood: The Impact of the World Wars (Part II) The Second World War 6 Statehood in Socialism 7 1989 and beyond