The End of the Cold War: European Unity, Socialism and the Shift in Global Power - Hardcover

Denitch, Bogdan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816618720 ISBN 13: 9780816618729

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 1990

Synopsis

The closing months of 1989 witnessed unprecedented change in the world political and social order. Historical transformation in both Eastern and Western Europe accelerated at a rapid pace and resulted in three major developments: the collapse of communist ideological and political hegemony in Eastern Europe; the end of the Cold War between the communist and Western blocs, led by the USA and the Soviet Union; and the impending economic integration of Western Europe in 1992, paving the way for political, social, and cultural evolution of European unity and a decline in the influence of the two superpowers. Against this backdrop, the author charts the unique opportunities and potential pitfalls that accompany the increased economic and political integration of the European Community. The author stresses the importance of understanding that the impending European economic unification, and the consequent autonomy of the European Community from its traditional Atlantic alliance, will radically alter the face of social politics in Europe and will redefine the realities of world politics and the economic balance of power.

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About the Author

Bogdan Denitch is one of the few Eastern European and Soviet experts to have predicted the revolutions within Eastern Europe in 1989. He is emeritus professor of political sociology at CUNY Graduate Center and Queen's College and the author of Limits and Possibilities: The Crisis of Yugoslav Socialism and State Socialist Systems (Minnesota) and The Socialist Debate: Beyond Red and Green.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816618720
• ISBN 13: 9780816618729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 132