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Transformation and Anomie: Problems of Quality of Life in Bulgaria

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The weakening of social integration and anomie are unavoidable in the transformation of societies. The effect is a decrease of quality of life accompanied by disenchantments, aggressiveness and escapism. In some countries in Eastern Europe like Bulgaria the anomie effects of transformation became particularly strong. The major reason is the political instability. The dissolution of the previous state-centered over-integration of society developed into a dissolution of major mechanisms of political integration. The prospects for improvement of quality of life are focused on the balance of economic, political and cultural re-integration of Bulgarian society.

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  1. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology, 13 A Moskovska Str., 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Genov, N. Transformation and Anomie: Problems of Quality of Life in Bulgaria. Social Indicators Research 43, 197–209 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006895413626

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