Academics should be careful not to exaggerate the progress made in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall

On 9 November, Europe marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Ivan T. Berend and Bojan Bugaric write that while the anniversary has motivated several commentators to celebrate the achievements made in the region during the post-communist period, we should be careful not to exaggerate the progress made within Central and Eastern European states. They argue that significant challenges still remain, including the danger of ‘democratic regression’ in countries such as Hungary and Slovenia

The Role of Farming Production and Agriculture in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe During the Period Between the Two World Wars

The author in this article has indicated a number of essential features of the development of farming production and agriculture in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe between the two world wars. His work is based on his own research and on his excellent knowledge of relevant literature in the worId. The article is divided into three parts. In the first part (Preconceptions in Agricultural Production) the author, by means of a concise comparative analysis, draws attention to certain basic world tendencies of agricultural development, especially the latent causes of the agricultural crisis between the wars in the area concerned, and the reaction to it of individual countries or regions. In the second part (Investment in Agriculture and its Development Factors) the author sets himself to examine the role and influence in the development of Eastern European agriculture of certain basic factors: labour, increases in the area of cultivable agricultural land, modernisation of farming methods. He concludes that the development of agriculture in the period between the wars was subject chiefly to developmental factors characteristic of the 19th century. In the third part of his article (The Development of Production) the author analyses the influence of International trade relations and of domestic conditions of production on the possibilities of development of agricultural production in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe

The Role of Farming Production and Agriculture in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe During the Period Between the Two World Wars

The author in this article has indicated a number of essential features of the development of farming production and agriculture in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe between the two world wars. His work is based on his own research and on his excellent knowledge of relevant literature in the worId. The article is divided into three parts. In the first part (Preconceptions in Agricultural Production) the author, by means of a concise comparative analysis, draws attention to certain basic world tendencies of agricultural development, especially the latent causes of the agricultural crisis between the wars in the area concerned, and the reaction to it of individual countries or regions. In the second part (Investment in Agriculture and its Development Factors) the author sets himself to examine the role and influence in the development of Eastern European agriculture of certain basic factors: labour, increases in the area of cultivable agricultural land, modernisation of farming methods. He concludes that the development of agriculture in the period between the wars was subject chiefly to developmental factors characteristic of the 19th century. In the third part of his article (The Development of Production) the author analyses the influence of International trade relations and of domestic conditions of production on the possibilities of development of agricultural production in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe