What is Eastern Europe and why is it so culturally and politically separate from the rest of Europe? In Long Awaited West, Stefano Bottoni considers what binds these countries together in an increasingly globalized world. Focusing on economic and social policies, Bottoni explores how Eastern Europe developed and, more importantly, why it remains so distant from the rest of the continent. He argues that this distance arises in part from psychological divides which have only deepened since the global economic crisis of 2008, and provides new insight into Eastern Europe's significance as it finds itself located - both politically and geographically - between a distracted European Union and Russia's increased aggressions.

About the Author

Stefano Bottoni is Senior Fellow at the Center for the Humanities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His research concerns the political usage of nationality, and his work has been published in several languages.

Sean Lambert is a freelance Hungarian-to-English translator, with ten years of experience as an English-language journalist in Hungary. He has also translated Stefano Bottoni's forthcoming Stalin and the Szekelys: History of the Hungarian Autonomous Region.

Reviews

Recommended.

* Choice *

Bottoni's work is comprehensive and comes with a current bibliography that will serve both graduate scholars and specialised researchers interested not only in recent trends but also in a deeper perspective on the East European past.

* Europe-Asia Studies *



Book Information
ISBN 9780253030016
Author Stefano Bottoni
Format Paperback
Page Count 306
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press