East, West, North, South

East, West, North, South
Author: Geir Lundestad
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781412907477

Fully revised and updated, this fifth edition of the history of international politics since 1945 is an ideal introduction for all students seeking an accessible guide to world events in the post-war era up to 2004.

Economic Containment

Economic Containment
Author: Michael Mastanduno
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1992
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780801427091

On the East-west Slope

On the East-west Slope
Author: Attila Melegh
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789637326240

Melegh's work offers a powerful analysis of the sociological and symbolic meanings of East-West in Europe after the end of the Cold War. While the fundamental poles of East and West remain, both their meaning and their relationship to one another have shifted profoundly since the late 1970s. Melegh exposes the underbelly of liberal characterizations of East-West, highlighting the polarizing effect of extreme nationalism and ethnic racism. The theoretical underpinnings of this work involve the ideas of preeminent theorists such as Karl Mannheim, Michel Foucault and more recently Maria Todorova and Iver Neumann. This work casts into fine relief how the "East-West Slope" oriented negatively from West to East has emerged from liberal characterizations of this project. The book analyzes the historical change in East-West discourses from a modernizationist type to a new/old civilizational one. In addition, this is one of the first attempts to link post-colonial analysis to developments in Eastern Europe.

East/West Economic Relations

East/West Economic Relations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1981
Genre: East-West trade
ISBN:

The Legacy of Division

The Legacy of Division
Author: Ferenc Laczó
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9633863759

This volume examines the legacy of the East–West divide since the implosion of the communist regimes in Europe. The ideals of 1989 have largely been frustrated by the crises and turmoil of the past decade. The liberal consensus was first challenged as early as the mid-2000s. In Eastern Europe, grievances were directed against the prevailing narratives of transition and ever sharper ethnic-racial antipathies surfaced in opposition to a supposedly postnational and multicultural West. In Western Europe, voices regretting the European Union's supposedly careless and premature expansion eastward began to appear on both sides of the left–right and liberal–conservative divides. The possibility of convergence between Europe's two halves has been reconceived as a threat to the European project. In a series of original essays and conversations, thirty-three contributors from the fields of European and global history, politics and culture address questions fundamental to our understanding of Europe today: How have perceptions and misperceptions between the two halves of the continent changed over the last three decades? Can one speak of a new East–West split? If so, what characterizes it and why has it reemerged? The contributions demonstrate a great variety of approaches, perspectives, emphases, and arguments in addressing the daunting dilemma of Europe's assumed East–West divide.

International Relations Since 1945

International Relations Since 1945
Author: John W. Young
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2013-02-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199693064

International Relations since 1945 offers undergraduate students a comprehensive and accessible introduction to global political history since World War II. Clearly structured, and with a balance of description and analysis, the text is also supported by a range of helpful learning features and an accompanying website.