The Crisis of Socialist Modernity - The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in the 1970s

In the 1970s industry in the West had reached its limits, precipitating a major discussion about how to solve the crisis. But what was going on in Eastern Europe parallel to this development? Were any similar trends being registered? The authors of this volume pursue the answers to these questions by studying the politics, economics, social and cultural movements of that time in the multiethnic countries of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. It becomes clear that these two countries were themselves in the midst of a latent crisis resulting from the global developments around them and from their own internal conflicts. The symptoms of this crisis were well known in expert circles, but not registered fully by either the political leaders or the citizens at large.

About the author

Marie-Janine Calic ist Professorin für Geschichte Ost- und Südosteuropas an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Dietmar Neutatz ist Privatdozent für Osteuropäische Geschichte und Heisenberg-Stipendiat an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.

Julia Obertreis ist Akademische Rätin am Historischen Seminar der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind: Geschichte des Russischen Reiches und der Sowjetunion im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, Alltags- und Kulturgeschichte, Infrastruktur- und Umweltgeschichte, Oral History.

Product details

• Assisted by: Marie& Calic (Editor), Marie-Janine Calic (Editor), Dietmar Neutatz (Editor), Obertreis (Editor), Juli Obertreis (Editor), Julia Obertreis (Editor)
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2011
• EAN: 9783525310427
• ISBN: 978-3-525-31042-7
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 534 g
• Series: Schriftenreihe der FRIAS School of History; Schriftenreihe der FRIAS School of History 3; Schriftenreihe der FRIAS School of History; Schriftenreihe der FRIAS School of History 3
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989)