Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preliminary Material / L. Halman and M. Voicu -- Chapter One. Mapping values And Orientations In Central And Eastern Europe / Loek Halman and Mălina Voicu -- Chapter Two. (Post-)modernization, Individualization And Individualism: Value Changes In Central And Eastern Europe In The First Decade After The Fall Of The Iron Curtain / Loek Halman and Amp; Wil Arts -- Chapter Three. Market Transition, Social Stratification And Culture Shift In Eastern Europe / Wil Arts -- Chapter Four. Dividing The Pie: Support For The Free Market And State Interventionism Models Of Market Economy / Claudiu D. Tufiş -- Chapter Five. Social legacy and social values: A post-communist experience / Ivan Rimac and Siniša Zrinščak -- Chapter Six. Political Culture(s) In Eastern Europe: An Eastern European Map Of Political Support / Susanne Pickel -- Chapter Seven. Explaining Political Participation In East Central Europe / Gabriel Bădescu and Bogdan Radu -- Chapter Eight. Satisfaction With Democracy In Europe: Differences Between East And West / Edurne Bartolomé Peral -- Chapter Nine. Changing Support For Democracy In Central And Eastern Europe Between 1995 And 2005: Cohort Replacement And Contextual Effects / Mălina Voicu -- Chapter Ten. The Effect Of Democratization And Support For Democracy On Gender Attitudes In 19 European Societies / Mălina Voicu -- Chapter Eleven. Pride In Citizenship In A New Country / Zuzana Kusá , Bohumil Búzik and David Kostlán -- About The Authors / L. Halman and M. Voicu -- Authors Index / L. Halman and M. Voicu -- Subject Index / L. Halman and M. Voicu.

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Since the dramatic events in 1989 and 1990, Central and Eastern Europeans have been engaged in a process of democratization and liberalization which are transforming their societies fundamentally. The rapid transformation processes appear to be very differential and the particular patterns are complex to interpret and understand. This volume elaborates on a number of issues that seem particular important for the people in Central and Eastern Europe: the development and working of democracy, the public support for, legitimacy and efficacy of democracy and the free market economy, and of course the stability of the newly established political culture.