Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993 : detour from the periphery to the periphery / Ivan T. Berend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berend, T. Iván (Tibor Iván), 1930- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in modern economic history ; 1.

Cambridge studies in modern economic history ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--Europe, Eastern--History.

Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 414 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Central & Eastern Europe, 1944-1993

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this wide-ranging account, Ivan Berend traces the post-war fortunes of the countries lying between Germany and the former Soviet Union. Professor Berend draws both on his academic expertise and personal involvement in many of the events which he describes to produce a synthesis of a huge array of materials. His study stretches beyond the confines of economic history to provide insights into the complex interplay of ideological, social and political forces in the 'Eastern Bloc' countries over the last fifty years of revolutionary change. In particular Berend's analysis of totalitarianism, the development of nationalism, and the personalities at the centre of political life in eastern Europe offers an alternative perspective on the economies of the state-socialist regimes at the periphery of the western industrialised world.

Contents:

I. Out from Europe: the introduction of state socialism, the Stalinist decades, and revolts against them. 1. Communist seizure of power, 1944-8. 2. The closed society in Stalinist state socialism after 1948. 3. Reforms, revolutions, and the loosening bloc, the 1950s and 1960s

II. Temporary success and terminal failure: the post-Stalinist decades

modernization, erosion, and collapse. 4. Post-Stalinist state socialism and its legitimization. 5. Economic and social performance of state socialism, 1950-89. 6. Crisis and erosion of state socialism, 1973-88. 7. The collapse: a revolutionary symphony in four movements, 1989

III. Back to Europe? Post-1989 transformation and pathways to the future. 8. Building a parliamentary market system. 9. Economic decline

political challenge

rising nationalism.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0-511-83696-1

1-316-17496-4

1-316-17063-2

0-521-66352-0

1-316-17617-7

1-316-17386-0

0-511-96533-8

0-511-58174-2

0-511-00059-6