First the Transition, then the Crash: Eastern Europe in the 2000s esp By turns haunting and hilarious

By turns haunting and hilarious

Left increasingly alone to raise her two children in a world whose rules she does not understand

There was an extraordinarily vital popular resistance

and ultimately inspiring memoir

First the Transition, then the Crash: Eastern Europe in the 2000s esp By turns haunting and hilariousAuthor Contributor(s): Dale, Gareth Publisher: Pluto Press Date: 9 12 2011 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW The 1989 91 upheavals in Eastern Europe sparked a turbulent process of social and economic transition. Two decades on, with the global economic crisis of 2008 10, a new phase has begun. This book explores the scale and trajectory of the crisis through case studies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the former