Political discourse in transition in Europe 1989-1991

1. Acknowledgments 2. Preface 3. Note on Contributors 4. Introduction: Political Discourse and the European Transformation 5. A Chronology of Change (by Ilyin, Mikhail V.) 6. Making Sense of the Cold War's Collapse (by Chilton, Paul) 7. The Pragmatics of Transition (by Mey, Jacob L.) 8. I. The Collapse of Soviet Discourse 9. The Collapse of Empire and Search for Cultural Identity (by Sergeyev, Victor M.) 10. Processes of Political Communication in the USSR (by Pocheptsov, Georgii) 11. The Restructuring of Soviet Political Discourse (by Bourmeyster, Alexandre) 12. II. Political Vocabulary in Transition 13. From Comrades to Consumers: Interpersonal Aspects of the Lexicon (by Minaeva, Ludmila) 14. Breakthrough and Blind Alley: The Lexicon of Perestroika (by Kaul, Marina) 15. Opposition Discourse in Russia: Political Pamphlets 1989-91 (by Borisova, Elena) 16. Justice, Equality and Freedom: The Structure of Value Concepts (by Baranov, Anatolii N.) 17. Continuity and Change: German Discourse after Unification (by Schaffner, Christina) 18. Translating the Transition: What is the Russian for 'Perestroika'? (by Richardson, Kay P.) 19. III. Discourse, Identity and Conflict 20. The Construction of Nation and State: Discourse and Social Space (by Achard, Pierre) 21. Cognitive Dimensions of Identity: Ethnic Stereotypes in Poland (by Kurcz, Idalia) 22. Defining Democracy: Transitional Discourse in Georgia 1990-91 (by Teichmann, Christina) 23. Language and Identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina (by Levinger, Jasna)