Abstract
When Bulgarians elected a parliament dominated by the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) in their first, free postcommunist election, they were considered the mavericks of eastern Europe. As Misha Glenny critically points out, “Bulgaria bucks the trend” was a recurrent phrase in English-language reports of the 1990 contest. But four years later, after an intervening non-socialist government, a second socialist victory seemed to be following trends set in Lithuania, Hungary and Poland. In a front-page article inThe New York Timesseveral months before Bulgaria's 1994 election, the east European trend towards embracing ex-communists is described as beginning in Lithuania, with no mention of Bulgaria's earlier socialist victory and its continual socialist electoral strength. Then, following the election, theWashington Postreported that the results “brought the fourth former Communist Party to power in Eastern Europe,afterHungary, Poland and Lithuania.“
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Cultural Studies
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