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DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: POST -COMMUNIST BULGARIATABLE OF CONTENTINTRODUCTION 13CHAPTER 1 - THE POLITICAL TRANSITION 151.1 TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY 151.2 SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE TRANSITION 181.3 THE INITIAL PHASE OF BULGARIAN TRANSITION 211.4 THE NATURE OF THE AUTHORITARIAN REGIME 231.5 THE FIRST FREE ELECTIONS 241.6 THE NEW CONSTITUTION 251.7 THE FIRST TEST OF DEMOCRACY 321.8 THE INITIAL CHALLENGES 331.9 THE REASONS BEHIND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION 361.10 A LONG POLITICAL TRANSITION 371.11 THE POLITICAL ELITE AND ITS VISIONS OF DEMOCRATISATION 381.12 GOVERNMENT INSTABILITY AND PUBLIC’S DISAFFECTION TOWARDSDEMOCRACY. 391.13 THE APPROACH OF THE POLITICAL ELITE TO THE REFORMS 411.14 THE RELATIONS BETWEEN POLITICS AND SOCIETY : CORRUPTIONAND ORGANIZED CRIME 421.15 PUBLIC OPINION AND DEMOCRATISATION 42CHAPTER 2 - POLITICS IN THE POST COMMUNIST ERA 452.1 POST-COMMUNIST LEGACIES 452.2 SOME EVALUATIONS 462.3 BUILDING TRUST 472.4 SOME CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE POLITICAL TRANSITION 492.5 POST COMMUNIST POLITICS 513

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: POST -COMMUNIST BULGARIA2.6 THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE BULGARIA COMMUNIST PARTY 522.7 THE FORMATION OF THE PARTY SYSTEM 532.8 THE FIRST LEGAL OPPOSITION 54TAB 1.1 BULGARIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ON JUNE 1990. 55TAB 1.2 BULGARIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ON OCTOBER 13 TH 1991. 572.9 THE ETHNIC CLEAVAGE 582.10 THE BULGARIA CASE 602.11 ETHNICS ISSUES DURING THE BULGARIAN TRANSITION 632.12 THE MRF PARTY 71CHAPTER 3-THE COMMUNIST LEGACY: PROBLEMS OF THE ECONOMY 793.1 GENERAL REFLECTIONS ON THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION 793.2 A SPEEDY RECOVERY 813.4 THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENTS 833.5 FISCAL REFORM AND TAXATION 85CHAPTER 4 - SOME STRUCTURAL REFORMS OF THE ECONOMY 894.1 AGRICULTURE 894.1.1 AGRICULTURE AFTER THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE DEMOCRACY 904.1.2 LAND PROPERTY RESTITUTION AND EU STANDARDS 914.1.3 EU REGULATIONS 944.1.4 THE SANITARY CONTEXT 954.2 INDUSTRY 964.2.1 STEEL 984.2.2 THE ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY 994.3 ENERGY 1004.3.1 GAS SECTOR 1024.3.2 COAL SECTOR 1024.3.3 THE NUCLEAR SAFETY AND EU CONFORMITY 1034

DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: POST -COMMUNIST BULGARIA4.4 FISHERIES 1044.5 TRANSPORTS 1074.6 SOCIAL POLICY 1094.6.1 POVERTY 1094.6.2 ASSISTANCE 1114.6.3 HEALTH CARE 1124.6.4 EMPLOYMENT POLICIES 1134.6.5 STRUCTURAL FUNDS 1154.6.6 TRAINING IN LABOUR MARKET 1164.6.7 PLAN AGAINST FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR 1174.6.8 EQUAL TREATMENT AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES 1174.6.9 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 1194.6.10 THE CONCLUSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION 1204.6.11 SOCIAL COHESION POLICY 121CHAPTER 5 - FOREIGN POLICY 1255.1 FOREIGN POST COMMUNIST POLICY 1255.2 THE ISSUE OF NATO MEMBERSHIP 1275.3 THE QUESTION OF THE RELATION WITH RUSSIA 1295.4 RELATIONS WITH BALKAN AREA 1305.5 RELATIONS WITH EUROPEAN UNION 132BIBLIOGRAPHY 1375