Global 1989 - Continuity and Change in World Politics

Informationen zum Autor George Lawson is Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Chris Armbruster is the founder and Executive Director of the Research Network 1989. He also tracks the evolution of digital scholarly communication for the Max Planck Society at the Max Planck Digital Library. Michael Cox is Chair in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Co-Director of 'Ideas', a centre for diplomacy and strategy at the LSE. Klappentext The first full-scale assessment of the complexities, contradictions and paradoxes of the post-1989 world. Zusammenfassung 1989 signifies the collapse of Soviet communism and the end of the Cold War. This book unravels the intricacies of this important moment in world history and explores the complexities! contradictions and paradoxes of the post-1989 world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the 'what', 'when' and 'where' of the global 1989 George Lawson; Part I. What and When: 1. Back to the future of nineteenth-century Western international thought? John M. Hobson; 2. The return of primitive accumulation Saskia Sassen; 3. What is left after 1989? William Outhwaite; Part II. Where: 4. Transatlantic relations in the shadow of the Cold War Michael Cox; 5. Third World socialism: 1989 and after Fred Halliday; 6. Towards a global Europe? Laure Delcour; 7. Restoration and convergence: Russia and China since 1989 Aviezer Tucker; 8. One world, many cold wars: 1989 in the Middle East Richard Saull; Part III. Continuity and Change: 9. One bright moment in an age of war, genocide and terror? On the revolutions of 1989 Chris Armbruster; 10. A dangerous utopia: the military revolution from the Cold War to the war on terror Marc DeVore; 11. From Berlin to Baghdad: learning the 'wrong' lessons from the collapse of communism Barbara J. Falk; Conclusion: was there a global 1989? Arne Westad.

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• Authors: George Lawson, George (Lecturer Lawson, George Armbruster Lawson
• Assisted by: Chris Armbruster (Editor), Armbruster Chris (Editor), Michael Cox (Editor), Michael (London School of Economics and Political Science) Cox (Editor), George Lawson (Editor), George (Lecturer Lawson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2010
• EAN: 9780521761246
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76124-6
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; History, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989