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877435
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1989 as a Political World Event : : Democracy, Europe and the New International System in the Age of Globalization /\ edited by Jacques Rupnik.
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2014.
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Global Order Studies
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1 online resource (272 pages) :: illustrations
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0415615895
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: 9781134654246
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9780415615891
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1 On the unpredictability of history -- PART I The meanings and legacies of 1989. 2 The world after 1989 and the exhaustion of three cycles -- 3 Writing 1989: a world narrative? -- 4 1989: a philosophy of immediacy -- PART II Re-inventing democracy and its discontents. 5 Democracy and dissatisfaction -- 6 From the revolutions of 1989 to democracy fatigue in Eastern Europe -- 7 The difficult new era for international democracy support -- 8 Civil society: from myth to reality -- 9 'Tropical democracy' -- 10 The Arab four seasons: when an excess of religion leads to political secularization -- PART III Varieties of capitalism in the age of globalization. 11 Institutional change and market transitions after socialism -- 12 The political economy of post-1989 capitalism in East-Central Europe -- 13 1989 and the advent of an authoritarian state capitalism in China -- PART IV Between global governance and new power rivalries. 14 American visions of the world after 1989 -- 15 Russia and the quest for lost power -- 16 China and the end of socialism in Europe: a godsend for the Beijing Communists -- 17 The UN and the changing meaning of an international community.
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This book is not about the events of 1989, but about 1989 as a world event. Starting with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet bloc it examines the historical significance and the world brought about by 1989. When the Cold War ended in Europe it ushered in a world in which the international agenda is set outside Europe, in America or Asia. The book critically examines and moves beyond some of the conveniently simple paradigms proposed in the nineties, by leading political scientists such as Fukuyama and Huntington, to show how the events of 1989 meant different different things to different parties. This was an anti-utopian revolution, a symbol of the possibility of non-violent transitions to democracy, which raised the hopes of world-wide democratic changes. Contributors show how 1989 can be seen as the founding moment of a globalized world, but equal attention should be given to the dispersion of its meanings and the exhaustion of some of its main trends associated with the post-1989 era. Europe was reunited, yet it is in crisis. Twenty years on, global markets have brought about a global financial crisis. The fall of the Berlin Wall was celebrated as the advent of free movement in a world without borders. Now however, we can see that new borders, walls, fences have since been built. ith an introductory essay by Vaclav Havel, 1989 as a Political World Event will be of interest to scholars of European Politics and International Relations.
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Democratization-- History.
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Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D.
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Post-communism-- History.
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World politics-- 1985-1995.
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Après-guerre froide.
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Démocratisation.
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Democratization.
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Histoire.
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HISTORY-- World.
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Mondialisation.
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Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D.
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Nouveaux pays industrialisés.
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Post-communism.
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Postcommunisme.
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World politics.
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Chine.
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Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
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Europe.
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Russie.
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| Dewey Classification
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909.82/8
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D856.A178 2014
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POL000000POL010000POL011000bisacsh
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| Added Entry
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Rupnik, Jacques.
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