Janusz Mucha

Eastern Europe in transformation : the impact on sociology

Preface Eastern Europe and Its Sociology by Mike Forrest Keen and Janusz Mucha The Metamorphoses of Russian Sociology by Gennady S. Batygin and Inna F. Deviatko Dialectics of Systemic Constraint and Academic Freedom: Polish Sociology Under Socialist Regime by Wladyslaw Kwasniewicz The Sociology of Reformist Socialism: The Hungarian Model by Attila Becskehazi and Tibor Kuczi Sociology as Promise and Reality: The Bulgarian Experience by Nikolai Genov Continuity and Discontinuity in Romanian Sociology by Stefan Costea Ups and Downs in Czech Sociology by Eduard Urbanek Sociology in Slovakia: Fiction or Reality by Jan Pasiak and Ladislav Machacek East German Sociology: Between the Production of Weltanschauung, Ideological Adaptation, and Empirical Social Research by Dagmar Simon and Vera Sparschuh The Development of Sociology as a Contested Science in Post-World War II Yugoslavia by Sergej Flere Modern Slovenian Sociology by Maca Jogan Sociology as a Mirror of Croatian Society by Josip Obradovic Sociology of Science as the Science of Sociology in Ukraine by Viacheslav Kudin Three Decades of Sociology in Latvia by Ilze Trapenciere, Maija Ashmane, and Janina Krutskih Major Features in the Development of Lithuanian Sociology by Vladas Gaidys and Anele Vosyliute Estonian Sociology: The Emergence of an Empirical Tradition by Ellu Saar, Mikk Titma, and Paul Kenkmann Sociological Theories of Socialist Society by Bronislaw Misztal References Index

Sociology in Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s: A Decade of Reconstruction

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the independence of Central and Eastern Europe, and the disappearance of the great polarity that separated East and West, the climate for sociology changed radically. Throughout the region sociologists found themselves with a new independence, free of the ideological and intellectual restrictions that had been imposed by state and Party authorities. In the post‐1989 era, sociology entered a decade of reconstruction and began to take on a new role, helping to understand the transformations that occurred, as well as facilitating the social change they brought about. This article examines this recent history of sociology in Central and Eastern Europe with particular attention to deCommunization, institutionalization, teaching, theory and methods, topics of research, and international collaboration and influences.