A Decade of Transition (Russian)

Publication date: 8
Publication series:
Regional Monitoring Report
No. of pages: 210
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Abstract
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 paved the way for changes in every aspect of life in this region. New opportunities
and new risks emerged for all members of society. The main drive for change has been bold economic and political
reform - the transition from planned systems to market economies and from authoritarian regimes to more participatory
societies. But the 1990s also saw a broader, worldwide transition: a change in thinking about what constitutes social progress. The 1990s represent only the first period in a continuing process of economic and social change.
Nevertheless, a decade is sufficient time to see the main trends clearly and to identify both the advances and the
setbacks that the transition has entailed for different aspects of human welfare, together with the possibilities for
progress in the future.