Social movements and the change of economic elites in Europe after 1945 / Stefan Berger, Marcel Boldorf, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Berger, Stefan, editor.

Boldorf, Marcel, editor.

Series:

Palgrave studies in the history of social movements

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social movements--Europe--History--20th century.

Social movements.

Elite (Social sciences)--Europe--History--20th century.

Elite (Social sciences).

Social change--Europe--History--20th century.

Social change.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xix, 316 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Summary:

This book explores the changing nature of social movements and economic elites in post-Second World War Europe. In the years following 1945, Europe faced diverse challenges connected by the overriding question of how the reconstruction of the continent should proceed. For the Central Powers, the implementation lay in the hands of the Allied occupying forces who organised the process of denazification and the establishment of a new economic order. In countries without military occupation, there was a deep gap between the new governmental forces and the former collaborators. In both cases, social movements which were formed by anti-fascists on the left of the political spectrum assumed the task of social reorganisation. The chapters in this book explore the discourses about economic systems and their elites which moved to the fore across a range of European countries, uncovering who was involved, what resistance these social movements faced and how these ultimately failed in the West to bring about change, while in Eastern Europe Stalinism forcibly imposed change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

3319771965

9783319771960

OCLC:

1046602923