ABSTRACT
According to Claus Offe, “it seems obvious in the mid-1990s that future historians will recognize the break-up of political, economic and military order in Central East Europe as having initiated a new historical epoch.” 1 In the long run this may be a proper account for the historical development after the Soviet era. But still it seems that the road to major changes and improvements in post-communist states is long and tricky. The literature on post-communist Europe deals primarily with problems of transition.
