L'Europa orientale a venti anni dal 1989

L'articolo \ue8 l'editoriale del numero di sett-dic. 2009 (vol. 78) ed \ue8 dedicato ad alcune riflessioni sui venti anni trascorsi dalla fine del comunismo in Europa orientale. L'articolo \ue8 strutturato nelle seguenti sezioni: a. collasso del comunismo e allargamento della UE; b. Globalizzazione e nuovi meticciati in Europa; c. nazionalismo e UE integrata. L'articolo ha anche un abstract in inglese che si riporta qui i seguito: Abstract: Eastern Europe twenty years on looks retrospectively at the radical changes that have occurred in East-Central Europe since 1989. Despite the Cold War, cultural, economic and social exchanges and "m\ue9tissages" had developed between the two parts of Europe. The communist collapse of 1989 offered a simultaneous opportunity of reforms and integration, given the interdependence between the "post-socialist" transition and the double process of the EU enlargement and deepening. Nationalism however has emerged in opposition to integration (and globalization) in both Eastern and Western Europe, giving a new dimension to processes that increasingly have emphasized how Europe is no longer divided in a East-West dichotomy, but displays similar problems in dealing with diversity, social welfare, effective governance and mutual recognition