| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 425 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION ; 1 Introduction ; On the Road to 1989 ; Postrevolutionary Europe ; Neoliberalism on the Rise ; Europe in Transformation ; 2 Where the East Meets the West: Crisis and Reform Debates in the 1980s ; The Demise of State Socialism |
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An Alternative Reading of the Cold War The Neoliberal Turn in East and West ; 3 The Revolutions of 1989-91 ; Milestones of the Revolutions ; Causes of the Revolutions ; Centers and Agents of Revolution ; The "Negotiated" Revolution ; 4 Getting on the Neoliberal Bandwagon |
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Milestones of the Transformation The Bumpy Road of Reforms in Eastern Europe ; Neoliberalism's Inherent Problems ; A Typology of Reform Outcomes ; 5 Second-Wave Neoliberalism ; Neoliberalism at Full Speed ; Flat Tax Systems and Populism ; Human Capital ; New Wealth |
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Rich Cities, Poor Regions The EU's Marshall Plan for the East ; 6 Capital Cities Compared ; Chalk and Cheese? Or Why We Should Compare ; The Situation before 1989 ; Transformation from Below ; The New Business Boom ; Poor Berlin ; Boomtown Warsaw |
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Metropolitan Convergence, or Why the East Looks like the West 7 The Great Recession: 2008-9 and Its Consequences ; The End of Economic Convergence? ; Variations of Crises ; Predatory Lending in Central and Eastern Europe ; Political Reactions: Between Neoliberalism and Authoritarianism |
| Summary |
The year 1989 brought the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. It was also the year that the economic theories of Reagan, Thatcher, and the Chicago School achieved global dominance. And it was these neoliberal ideas that largely determined the course of the political, economic, and social changes that transformed Europe--both east and west--over the next quarter century. This award-winning book provides the first comprehensive history of post-1989 Europe. Philipp Ther--a firsthand witness to many of the transformations, from Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution to postcommunist Poland and Ukraine--offers a sweeping narrative filled with vivid details and memorable stories. He describes how liberalization, deregulation, and privatization had catastrophic effects on former Soviet Bloc countries. He 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. Most important, he shows how the capitalist West's effort to reshape Eastern Europe in its own likeness ended up reshaping Western Europe as well, in part by accelerating the pace and scope of neoliberal reforms in the West, particularly in reunified Germany. Finally, bringing the story up to the present, Ther compares events in Eastern and Southern Europe leading up to and following the 2008-9 global financial crisis. A compelling and often-surprising account of how the new order of the New Europe was wrought from the chaotic aftermath of the Cold War, this is essential reading for understanding Europe today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Translation of: Die neue Ordnung auf dem alten Kontinent : eine Geschichte des neoliberalen Europa. Berlin : Suhrkamp, 2014 |
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In English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Economic history
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045677
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Europe -- History -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93008826
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hughes-Kreutzmuller, Charlotte, translator.
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| LC no. |
2016931665 |
| ISBN |
1400882893 |
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9781400882892 |
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