The Global 1989 (CUP 2010, available as paperback)
Dear colleagues,
The Global 1989: Continuity & Change in World Politics
is now available from Cambridge University Press. For the table of contents and further details, please see:
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521147910
1989 signifies the collapse of Soviet communism and the end of the Cold War, a moment generally recognized as a triumph for liberal democracy and when capitalism became global. The Global 1989 challenges these ideas. An international group of prominent scholars investigate the mixed, paradoxical and even contradictory outcomes engendered by these events, unravelling the intricacies of this important moment in world history. Although the political, economic and cultural orders generated have, for the most part, been an improvement on what was in place before, this has not always been clear cut: 1989 has many meanings, many effects and multiple trajectories. This volume leads the way in defining how 1989 can be assessed both in terms of its world historical impact and in terms of its contribution to the shape of contemporary world politics.
Some themes:
Reassesses the place of '1989' both in terms of world history and contemporary world politics
Addresses issues ranging from the development of international financial instruments and military techniques to how 1989 changed important areas in world politics such as Russia, China and the Middle East
Will raise understanding of the impact of 1989 beyond Europe so it can be understood not just as a regional issue, but in global terms
Look Inside and pre-order at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Global-1989-Continuity-Change-Politics/dp/0521147913/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284889865&sr=8-1
For a full sample chapter, please see:
Armbruster, Chris, One Bright Moment in an Age of War, Genocide and Terror? On the Revolutions of 1989
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1261193
Best wishes,
Chris Armbruster
Executive Director, Research Network 1989
http://www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/
Publications and working papers available in Open Access
http://ssrn.com/author=434782
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