Objective "The ambition of this project rests on the long-established tradition of the comparative politico-historical and interdisciplinary studies of the totalitarian regimes and on the theoretical efforts to elucidate the social dynamics and social change in Eastern Europe during the so called ""real socialism"". It will deal with the relations between regime and society in an attempt to highlight the growing tensions between them.Without neglecting the important role of the geopolitical confrontation and the dissident movements, this work will search the key factors for the disintegration of communist societies in the common peoples’ modes of conduct. While the regime followed the same guiding principles till its end, individual and community ways kept changing and these shifts affected the whole society. Therefore we should study and critically analyse the evolving motives behind individual and group everyday behavior, their new moral orientations, as well as the changes in the regime practices and the characteristics of the dominant type among party functionaries. The communist regime loses support among social groups, which it favours and considers its social basis.The project involves one PI who will organise and supervise the work of four senior researchers from the ex-socialist countries while each of them deals with the local aspects of the issue. The PI will study these phenomena in Bulgarian context and at the same time will provide a comparative narrative linking all five case studies.The comparative analyses of different social practices and dynamics in similar political environments will help us understand the various courses Eastern-European countries took in overcoming their communist past and can serve as a basis for a follow-up research of the Transition process." Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-AG-SH6 - ERC Advanced Grant - The study of the human past Call for proposal ERC-2010-AdG_20100407 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Coordinator SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI Address Bul tzar osvoboditel 15 1504 Sofia Bulgaria See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Dimiter Dimov (Mr.) Principal investigator Ivaylo Boyanov Znepolski (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Beneficiaries (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI Bulgaria EU contribution € 475 787,80 Address Bul tzar osvoboditel 15 1504 Sofia See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Dimiter Dimov (Mr.) Principal investigator Ivaylo Boyanov Znepolski (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data EOTVOS LORAND TUDOMANYEGYETEM Participation ended Hungary EU contribution € 21 956,14 Address Egyetem ter 1-3 1053 Budapest See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Budapest Budapest Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gabor Sonkoly (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data USTAV PRO SOUDOBE DEJINY AV CR V.V.I Czechia EU contribution € 138 240,00 Address Vlasska 9 mala strana 118 40 Praha See on map Region Česko Praha Hlavní město Praha Activity type Other Administrative Contact David Weber Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data LUDWIG BOLTZMANN GESELLSCHAFT GMBH Participation ended Austria EU contribution € 46 080,00 Address Nussdorfer strasse 64 6 stock 1090 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Administrative Contact Brigitta Buchmayr (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data Instytut Studiow Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk Poland EU contribution € 135 610,80 Address Ul. polna 18/20 00 625 Warszawa See on map Region Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa Activity type Other Administrative Contact Ewa Balcerek (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data ZENTRUM FUR ZEITHISTORISCHE FORSCHUNG EV POTSDAM Germany EU contribution € 92 161,40 Address Am neuen markt 1 14467 Potsdam See on map Region Brandenburg Brandenburg Potsdam Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Hanno Hochmuth (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data KOZEP-EUROPAI EGYETEM Hungary EU contribution € 116 283,86 Address Nador utca 9 1051 Budapest See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Budapest Budapest Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Vanda Mohacsi Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data