It is misleading to suggest that the economic reforms of China could be copied by East European countries, and also that these represent a kind of victory for socialism. Such suggestions were made by Geoffrey Owen in the 31 st issue of Eszmélet last year.
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Inconvenient issues in a Chatolic society
A soap opera can be able to put issues on the agenda that have previously been supressed. Ireland, a catholic society, is an example for this. Two television series have contributed to the improving openness in that country. (From International Herald Tribune)
System change in the East Europen cinema
The system change has dramatically transformed cinema and film culture in Eastern Europe. The number of films produced dropped, and in these new characters symbolise the new era. The number of movie theatres has alsó decreased, there is however a much greater space for the imported, predominantly American mass movies. (The paper was presented to the Sixth International Kari Polanyi Conference, Montreal, November 1996.)
Populist TV series in Slovenia
Social development and higher education
Inequalities emerging in the sphere of education, and particuarly higher education, illustrate strikingly the dramatic changes that have taken place within the structure of Hungarian society. Recent reform initiatives do not improve but if possible deteriorate the situation of those excluded from quality and higher education. (The article is a written version of a lecture at College for Social Theory, April 1997.)