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oapen-20.500.12657-771642023-11-15T09:17:26Z 1989 and the West Braat, Eleni Corduwener, Pepijn Central and Eastern Europe Cold War End of Communism End of History Fall of the Berlin Wall Free Markets Nationalism Populism Shock Therapy 1989 bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJQ History of other lands bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBG General & world history Back in 1989, many anticipated that the end of the Cold War would usher in the ‘end of history’ characterized by the victory of democracy and capitalism. At the thirtieth anniversary of this momentous event, this book challenges this assumption. It studies the most recent era of contemporary European history in order to analyse the impact, consequences and legacy of the end of the Cold War for Western Europe. Bringing together leading scholars on the topic, the volume answers the question of how the end of the Cold War has affected Western Europe and reveals how it accelerated and reinforced processes that shaped the fragile (geo-)political and economic order of the continent today. In four thematic sections, the book analyses the changing position of Germany in Europe; studies the transformation of neoliberal capitalism; answers the question how Western Europe faced the geopolitical challenges after the Berlin Wall came down; and investigates the crisis of representative democracy. As such, the book provides a comprehensive and novel historical perspective on Europe since the late 1980s. 2023-11-01T11:14:54Z 2023-11-01T11:14:54Z 2020 book ONIX_20231101_9781351379939_43 9781351379939 9781138505070 9781315146355 9780367487041 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/77164 eng Routledge Studies in Modern European History application/pdf n/a 9781351379939.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781315146355 10.4324/9781315146355 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 626e72f0-c3c3-4cc5-8541-f623da772c05 9781351379939 9781138505070 9781315146355 9780367487041 Routledge 304 [...] Universiteit Utrecht Utrecht University open access
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Back in 1989, many anticipated that the end of the Cold War would usher in the ‘end of history’ characterized by the victory of democracy and capitalism. At the thirtieth anniversary of this momentous event, this book challenges this assumption. It studies the most recent era of contemporary European history in order to analyse the impact, consequences and legacy of the end of the Cold War for Western Europe. Bringing together leading scholars on the topic, the volume answers the question of how the end of the Cold War has affected Western Europe and reveals how it accelerated and reinforced processes that shaped the fragile (geo-)political and economic order of the continent today. In four thematic sections, the book analyses the changing position of Germany in Europe; studies the transformation of neoliberal capitalism; answers the question how Western Europe faced the geopolitical challenges after the Berlin Wall came down; and investigates the crisis of representative democracy. As such, the book provides a comprehensive and novel historical perspective on Europe since the late 1980s.
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