1989 as a Political World Event

Democracy, Europe and the New International System in the Age of Globalization
Herausgeber: Rupnik, Jacques

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the historical significance of the political events of 1989, and the changes in the subsequent world order.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780415615891
• ISBN-10: 0415615895
• Artikelnr.: 34743251

Autorenporträt

Jacques Rupnik is Senior Research Fellow at CERI and Professor at Sciences Po, Paris and the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword On the Unpredictability of History Václav Havel Part I: The
meanings and Legacies of 1989 1. Introduction: The World After 1989 and the
Exhaustion of Three Cycles Jacques Rupnik 2. Writing 1989: A World
Narrative Karoline Postel-Vinay 3. 1989: A Philosophy of Immediacy Zaki
Laïdi Part II: Re-inventing Democracy and its Discontents 4. Democracy and
its Dissatisfaction Ivan Krastev 5. From the Revolutions of 1989 to
Democracy Fatigue in Eastern Europe Jacques Rupnik 6. The Difficult New Era
for International Democracy Support Thomas Carothers 7. Civil Society: from
Myth to Reality Grzegorz Ekiert 8. 'Tropical Democracy'? Transplantating of
Pluralism into Africa Richard Banégas 9. Arab Spring and Middle Eastern
Exceptionalism Dominique Moïsi Part III: Varieties of Capitalism in the Age
of Globalization 10. Institutional Change and Economic Transformation after
Socialism Leszek Balcerowicz 11. The Political Economy of post 1989
Capitalism in East-Central Europe Claus Offe 12. 1989 and the Advent of an
Authoritarian State Capitalism in China Jean-François Huchet Part IV:
Between Global Governance and New Power Rivalries 13. American Visions of
the World after 1989 John L. Harper 14. Russia and the Quest for Lost Power
Marie Mendras 15. China and the End of Socialism in Europe: A Godsend for
the Chinese Communists Jean-Philippe Béja 16. The UN and the Changing
Meaning of an International Community Jean-Marie Guéhenno 17. The Arab four
seasons: When an excess of religion leads to political secularization
Olivier Roy