The Global 1989: Continuity and Change in World Politics
George Lawson · Chris Armbruster · Michael Cox
Sep 2010 · Cambridge University Press
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339
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About this ebook
1989 signifies the collapse of Soviet communism and the end of the Cold War, a moment generally recognized as a triumph for liberal democracy and when capitalism became global. The Global 1989 challenges these ideas. An international group of prominent scholars investigate the mixed, paradoxical and even contradictory outcomes engendered by these events, unravelling the intricacies of this important moment in world history. Although the political, economic and cultural orders generated have, for the most part, been an improvement on what was in place before, this has not always been clear cut: 1989 has many meanings, many effects and multiple trajectories. This volume leads the way in defining how 1989 can be assessed both in terms of its world historical impact and in terms of its contribution to the shape of contemporary world politics.
About the author
George Lawson is Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Chris Armbruster is the founder and Executive Director of the Research Network 1989. He also tracks the evolution of digital scholarly communication for the Max Planck Society at the Max Planck Digital Library.
Michael Cox is Chair in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Co-Director of 'Ideas', a centre for diplomacy and strategy at the LSE.
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