European Communism Since 1989
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Hardback. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 475.
The conventional wisdom after 1989 was that socialism was finished. Communist parties were ejected from power across eastern Europe, west European social democratic parties embraced neo-liberalism, and intellectuals wrote of the definitive victory of capitalism and even of the `end of history' . A decade or so later things look rather different: the most serious crisis in the world economy since the Second World War has occurred; the experiment of free market economics in Russia has resulted in economic collapse; communist parties and their successors have gained significant electoral support in the former Soviet Union and most of eastern Europe; ... Read more
The conventional wisdom after 1989 was that socialism was finished. Communist parties were ejected from power across eastern Europe, west European social democratic parties embraced neo-liberalism, and intellectuals wrote of the definitive victory of capitalism and even of the `end of history' . A decade or so later things look rather different: the most serious crisis in the world economy since the Second World War has occurred; the experiment of free market economics in Russia has resulted in economic collapse; communist parties and their successors have gained significant electoral support in the former Soviet Union and most of eastern Europe; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Number of Pages
245
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312229399
SKU
V9780312229399
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About Na Na
Kate Hudson is Principal Lecturer in Russian and East European Politics at South Bank University, London.
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