The essays in this book discuss the Bulgarian, Czechoslovakian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian and Baltic States national committees, which were formed to lead the propaganda battle against the growth of world-wide communism, and which represented the U.S.-based exile leadership of those satellite nations. The primary sources of this research were the archival records of the two radio divisions, acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives at Stanford University in 2000.

The Inauguration of "Organized Political Warfare": The Cold War Organizations Sponsored by the National Committee for a Free Europe / Free Europe Committee

History

Katalin Kádár Lynn

Europe

Central European University Press

The Practical Guide to Debating Worlds Style equips debaters to debate in Worlds Style, currently the most popular, most international and fastest-growing format of competitive debate. It provides debaters with techniques, ideas and advice to develop debating skills and offers tips for organizing a vibrant club, picking teams and getting the most out of tournaments. It shows you how to adjudicate debates and also contains an in-depth guide to entering and hosting competitions. The Practical Guide helps debaters see inside the mind of an adjudicator, and cuts through debate jargon with a comprehensive glossary of terms. Written in an easy, accessible style, it will guide and accompany debaters through their journey of improvement whether they are nervous beginners or accomplished speakers.

The Practical Guide to Debating - Worlds Style

Reference

Neill Harvey-Smith

Words, Language & Grammar

Provides comprehensive comparative information on the privatization process in five Central European countries. Following an introduction to the economic environment in each country, it covers ownership, state regulation, privatization programmes and the initial transformation of enterprises.

The Privatization Process in Central Europe (CEU Privatization Reports)

Business & Money

Rapaczynski, Andrzej

Frydman, Roman

Economics

Provides comprehensive comparative information on the privatization process in five former Soviet republics. Following an introduction to the economic environment in each country, it covers ownership, state regulation, privatization programmes and the initial transformation of enterprises.

The Privatization Process in Russia, the Ukraine, and the Baltic States (CEU Privatization Reports)

The creation of new economic and legal mechanisms to replace the fallen communist systems of Eastern Europe must surely count as one of the greatest organizational challenges of this century, and economists and politicians alike are constantly grappling with the enormity of the transformation to be achieved. In this volume, the authors give an in depth explanation of their now widely adopted approach to 'privatizing privatization' and chart the evolution of their thinking, particularly in reaction to real events and prevailing conditions. Expanding on the theme of transferring ownership to the private sector through a system of free vouchers and independent intermediaries, Professors Frydman and Rapaczynski address the dangers of bureaucratization and the delicate balance between the evolutionary elements and imposed regulations that must be achieved to make the transition a success. The perfect companion volume to The Privatization Process in Central Europe, this collection of essays provides a brilliant explanation of the most widely accepted theory of privatization in Eastern Europe today.

Privatization in Eastern Europe (Central European University Press Book)

The International Labour Office is the moving force behind the adoption of the Labour Force Survey in Western countries as the only reliable means of gathering information about trends in employment and unemployment, and on pay. The countries of East-Central Europe and the former USSR have recognized their need of such statistiics and turned to the ILO to help them set up systems to provide data required by decision makers. This pioneering work shows how the old "command" economies are setting up brand new systems to classify occupations, to measure employment and unemployment, and to collect information on wages and labour costs, which will be useful to students of the area and essential for statisticians world-wide concerned with the challenge of instigating an entirely new statistical service.

Labour Statistics for a Market Economy (Central European University Press Book)

Chernyshev, Igor

Primarily a piece of creative writing and autobiographical literature of a very distinctive Central European kind, this detailed and imaginative short memoir is also an important document of the Holocaust in Hungary in 1944. Written by a master of twentieth-century Hungarian literature, it describes life for the Jewish population of German-occupied Budapest―the constant fear of deportation overshadowing the daily trials of living in the ghetto―before concentrating on the writer's own internment in a labor camp during the first weeks of rule by the extremist Arrow Cross regime. The experiences of those nineteen days spent in the camp are both harsh and disturbing, yet throughout his memoir Szep manages to maintain an extraordinary degree of compassion and detachment, even humor. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the events described, this is the last of Szep's many literary works to appear in English."

The Smell of Humans (Central European University Press Book)

Biographies & Memoirs

Szép, Ernő

Community & Culture

In this highly original book, Hungarian art historian Eva Forgacs examines the development of the Bauhaus school of architecture and applied design by focusing on the idea of the Bauhaus, rather than on its artefacts. What gave this idea its extraordinary powers of survival? Written in 1989, the year of the revolutions, by an author who belongs to the "1968 generation," this study provides a sensitive East European overview of the 1920s--a period so similar to the 1960s, when large-scale utopias, after a few bright years, were so vehemently suppressed. The text has been extensively revised since its original publication in Hungarian in 1991, and an entirely new chapter has been added on the Bauhaus's Russian analogue, VKhUTEMAS, the Moscow academy of industrial art. A unique feature of the book is the comparison of the two academies, as is the author's analytical emphasis on the history of ideas.

The Bauhaus Idea and Bauhaus Politics

Arts & Photography

Eva Forgacs

History & Criticism

Relates the events following the German occupation of Hungary in March 1944, focusing on the author's own three week internment if a forced labour camp.

The Smell of Humans: A Memoir of the Holocaust in Hungary (Central European University Press Book)

Liberalism after Communism is devoted to the recent developments in Central European (and, especially, Polish) political thought and concentrates on the emergence of liberal ideas, a subject largely neglected by Western observers. As well as being a valuable addition to Central European studies, this book contributes to the current general debate about the nature and prospects of liberalism.

Liberalism After Communism (Central European University Press Book)

Politics & Social Sciences

Szacki, Jerzy

Politics & Government

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