ABSTRACT
It is hard to imagine a better historical moment for reflecting on the relationship between culture and economic development in Eastern Europe than the period between 1989 and 2005. During this period, eight formerly communist countries radically changed their development trajectories by implementing the overlapping projects of postcommunist transformation and European integration within a worldwide context of globalization. These projects are veritable cultural revolutions. The interplay of the fading Soviet culture with the emerging European one in a global framework offers the researcher exciting insights into the ways culture affects economic development.
