Changes in Europe Since the Fall of the Soviet Union, Effects and Issues.
Changes in Europe since the fall of the Soviet Union
Since the fall of the Soviet Union 1991 many changes have been brought to Europe. After the fall of the Soviet Union newly formed countries of Eastern Europe found themselves brought into a new era, many of the people had relied on the Soviet Union’s system of socialism to help them with every detail of their lives and to dictate their lives but with this newfound freedom citizens had many changes forced upon them. All they once knew had been taken away so suddenly most didn’t know what to do with themselves. The Government, Economy and Marxist Idealism had all fallen with the Soviet Union. Citizens had no choice but to move on with their new lives because it was as their past lives had never even existed, but like every change it came with confusion and difficulty and left the people of Eastern Europe wanting answers to their questions and solutions to their problems. Despite the gear towards democracy that had begun under soviet rule, it posed a challenge for many countries of Eastern Europe. While Gorbachev held power, policies such as the reconstructing of the Soviet Union, and reducing the censorship of information this newfound freedom had the people eager for more. When the Soviet Union Collapsed, Naturally the people turned to democracy as their new form of government which would offer the freedom the people of Eastern Europe Wanted. Even thought they wanted a democratic nation they lacked many of the skills needed to achieve it such as, the ability to engage in “political discourse, the ability to compromise and many other things, which was understandable due to their socialist rule for so many years. Other frustration stemmed from the difficulty of transforming a socialist economy to a free-market economy. Though the people of Eastern Europe were optimistic, their optimism did not last very long. Between 1990 and 1994 Eastern European countries saw a huge jump in unemployment because of the fall of
Since the fall of the Soviet Union 1991 many changes have been brought to Europe. After the fall of the Soviet Union newly formed countries of Eastern Europe found themselves brought into a new era, many of the people had relied on the Soviet Union’s system of socialism to help them with every detail of their lives and to dictate their lives but with this newfound freedom citizens had many changes forced upon them. All they once knew had been taken away so suddenly most didn’t know what to do with themselves. The Government, Economy and Marxist Idealism had all fallen with the Soviet Union. Citizens had no choice but to move on with their new lives because it was as their past lives had never even existed, but like every change it came with confusion and difficulty and left the people of Eastern Europe wanting answers to their questions and solutions to their problems. Despite the gear towards democracy that had begun under soviet rule, it posed a challenge for many countries of Eastern Europe. While Gorbachev held power, policies such as the reconstructing of the Soviet Union, and reducing the censorship of information this newfound freedom had the people eager for more. When the Soviet Union Collapsed, Naturally the people turned to democracy as their new form of government which would offer the freedom the people of Eastern Europe Wanted. Even thought they wanted a democratic nation they lacked many of the skills needed to achieve it such as, the ability to engage in “political discourse, the ability to compromise and many other things, which was understandable due to their socialist rule for so many years. Other frustration stemmed from the difficulty of transforming a socialist economy to a free-market economy. Though the people of Eastern Europe were optimistic, their optimism did not last very long. Between 1990 and 1994 Eastern European countries saw a huge jump in unemployment because of the fall of