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The Economist Book of the Week on 29th May 2010 was A Tale of Two Villages by Alina Mungiu-Pippidi. "A dramatic, thought-provoking and sometimes savagely funny account of one of the
toughest problems in Europe: the ingrained poverty of the Romanian countryside."
CEU Press launched Masterpieces of History - The Peaceful End of the Cold War in Europe, 1989, the sixth book in the Cold War Reader Series, on May 31 at the Open Society Archives. The volume, based on the ground-breaking research and documentation of the National Security Archive in Washington DC, contains crucial historical documents and is absolutely indispensable for understanding the end of the Cold War.
Prague Tales leads top ten of CEU Press sales after 2000. 2. Memoir of Hungary, 3. The 1956 Hungarian Revolution, 4. A Cardboard Castle, 5. Jewish Budapest, 6. A Biographical Dictionary, 7. Stalin – an Unknown Portrait , 8. Uprising in East Germany, 9. A Life under Russian Serfdom, 10. Russian Foreign Policy in Transition
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Evaluating Science and Scientists
Edited by Mark S. Frankel, American Association
for the Advancement of Science, and Jane Cave,
freelance researcher
The shift to a market economy in post-Communist Eastern
Europe has had a profound impact on science and scientists
across the region, leading to reforms in research management
practices and to drastic cuts in funding levels everywhere.
Many countries are moving to a system of competitive
research grants awarded on the basis of peer review.
The introduction of peer review is not simply a technical
matter. It signifies a fundamental change in the social
structure of science, enhancing profession-al autonomy
and giving working scientists a voice in the allocation
of resources. This book combines first-hand accounts
of the reform process with analyses of the strengths
and weaknesses of both peer review and quantitative
indicators.
1997
236 pages
ISBN 978-1-85866-079-3 cloth $51.95/ £31.95
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