Europe since 1989 : A History Paperback / softback
by Philipp Ther
Paperback / softback
Description
An award-winning history of the transformation of Europe between 1989 and todayIn this award-winning book, Philipp Ther provides the first comprehensive history of post-1989 Europe, offering a sweeping narrative filled with vivid details and memorable stories.
Europe since 1989 shows how liberalization, deregulation, and privatization had catastrophic effects on former Soviet Bloc countries.
Ther refutes the idea that this economic “shock therapy” was the basis of later growth, arguing that human capital and the “transformation from below” determined economic success or failure.
He also shows how the capitalist West’s effort to reshape Eastern Europe in its own likeness ended up reshaping Western Europe, especially Germany.
Bringing the story up to the present, Ther compares Eastern and Southern Europe after the 2008–9 global financial crisis.
A compelling account of how the new order of Europe was wrought from the chaotic aftermath of the Cold War, Europe since 1989 is essential reading for understanding post-Brexit Europe and the present dangers for democracy and the European Union.
Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages, 34 b/w illus., 3 maps
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:21/08/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691181134
Other Formats
- Hardback from £24.59
£20.00
£17.35
Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages, 34 b/w illus., 3 maps
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:21/08/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691181134
