Overview
The 1989-91 upheavals in Eastern Europe sparked a turbulent process of social and economic transition. Two decades on, with the global economic crisis of 2008-10, a new phase has begun. This book explores the scale and trajectory of the crisis through case studies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and the former Yugoslavia. The contributors focus upon the relationships between geopolitics, the world economy and class restructuring. The book covers the changing relationship between business and states; foreign capital flows; financialisation and asset price bubbles; austerity and privatisation; and societal responses, in the form of reactionary populism and progressive social movements. Challenging neoliberal interpretations that envisage the transition as a process of unfolding liberty, the dialectic charted in these pages reveals uneven development, attenuated freedoms and social polarisation.
Full Product Details
Author: Gareth Dale
Publisher: Pluto Press
Imprint: Pluto Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.439kg
ISBN: 9780745331164
ISBN 10: 0745331165
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 12 September 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
Central and Eastern Europe is a neoliberal horror story. The details are well told here: of grabitization kleptocracies, NATO expansion and capital flight. These well-packaged studies show how U.S.-sponsored reforms de-industrialized Russia and other post-Soviet states. ... This story needs to be known.' -- Michael Hudson Radical political economy finally comes resurgent in the former communist countries. Dale and his collaborators comprehensively cover the transitions, from Hungary to the Russian Pacific. The best alternative survey of how the post-communist entrants are faring in 21st-century capitalism. -- Georgi Derluguian, author of Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World-Systems Biography This book provides a vital corrective to neoliberal triumphalism, and a starting-point for socialist renewal. -- Hugo Radice, University of Leeds A very valuable contribution to a growing literature on the post-Communist transition. -- Dr Carl Levy, Reader in European Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London
Central and Eastern Europe is a neoliberal horror story. The details are well told here: of 'grabitization' kleptocracies, NATO expansion and capital flight. These well-packaged studies show how U.S.-sponsored 'reforms' de-industrialized Russia and other post-Soviet states. ... This story needs to be known.' -- Michael Hudson Radical political economy finally comes resurgent in the former communist countries. Dale and his collaborators comprehensively cover the transitions, from Hungary to the Russian Pacific. The best alternative survey of how the post-communist entrants are faring in 21st-century capitalism. -- Georgi Derluguian, author of Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World-Systems Biography This book provides a vital corrective to neoliberal triumphalism, and a starting-point for socialist renewal. -- Hugo Radice, University of Leeds A very valuable contribution to a growing literature on the post-Communist transition. -- Dr Carl Levy, Reader in European Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London
Central and Eastern Europe is a neoliberal horror story. The details are well told here: of grabitization kleptocracies, NATO expansion and capital flight. These well-packaged studies show how U.S.-sponsored reforms de-industrialized Russia and other post-Soviet states. ... This story needs to be known.' -- Michael Hudson Radical political economy finally comes resurgent in the former communist countries. Dale and his collaborators comprehensively cover the transitions, from Hungary to the Russian Pacific. The best alternative survey of how the post-communist entrants are faring in 21st-century capitalism. -- Georgi Derluguian, author of Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World-Systems Biography This book provides a vital corrective to neoliberal triumphalism, and a starting-point for socialist renewal. -- Hugo Radice, University of Leeds
'A very valuable contribution to a growing literature on the post-Communist transition' -- Dr Carl Levy, Reader in European Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London 'This book provides a vital corrective to neoliberal triumphalism, and a starting-point for socialist renewal' -- Hugo Radice, University of Leeds 'Radical political economy finally comes resurgent in the former communist countries. Dale and his collaborators comprehensively cover the transitions, from Hungary to the Russian Pacific. The best alternative survey of how the post-communist entrants are faring in 21st-century capitalism' -- Georgi Derluguian, author of Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World-Systems Biography 'Central and Eastern Europe is a neoliberal horror story. The details are well told here: of 'grabitisation' kleptocracies, NATO expansion and capital flight. These well-packaged studies show how US sponsored 'reforms' deindustrialised Russia and other post-Soviet states' -- Michael Hudson
'Central and Eastern Europe is a neoliberal horror story. The details are well told here: of 'grabitisation' kleptocracies, NATO expansion and capital flight. These well-packaged studies show how US sponsored 'reforms' deindustrialised Russia and other post-Soviet states' -- Michael Hudson 'Radical political economy finally comes resurgent in the former communist countries. Dale and his collaborators comprehensively cover the transitions, from Hungary to the Russian Pacific. The best alternative survey of how the post-communist entrants are faring in 21st-century capitalism' -- Georgi Derluguian, author of Bourdieu's Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World-Systems Biography 'This book provides a vital corrective to neoliberal triumphalism, and a starting-point for socialist renewal' -- Hugo Radice, University of Leeds 'A very valuable contribution to a growing literature on the post-Communist transition' -- Dr Carl Levy, Reader in European Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London
Author Information
Gareth Dale is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Brunel University, England. He is the author of First the Transition, then the Crash (Pluto, 2011), Reconstructing Karl Polanyi (Pluto, 2016) and Karl Polanyi: The Limits of the Market (Polity, 2010).
