Eastern Europe and the challenges of modernity, 1800-2000
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Bibliographic Information
Eastern Europe and the challenges of modernity, 1800-2000
(BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies / series editor, Richard Sakwa, 99)
Routledge, 2015
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Le sfide della modernità : idee, politiche e percorsi dell'Europa orientale nel XIX e XX secolo
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Development and backwardness : the social origins of East European politics
- Capitalism or rural socialism? : the dilemmas of renewal in Russia and the Balkans
- The "peasant state" : ideology and politics of agrarian movements in Central-Eastern Europe between the two world wars
- Communism and the "third peasant way" : competing internationals and development models in the USSR and Central-Eastern Europe
- Market socialism, national roads to socialism and competition with the West
- Between otherness and globalisation : "real socialism", modernity and Gorbachev
- Conclusion : the challenges of modernity and post-modernity
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book presents a concise and comprehensive overview of the mainstream flows of ideas, politics and itineraries towards modernity in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans over two centuries from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of the Gorbachev administration. Unlike other books on the subject which view modernity based on the idea of Western European supremacy, this book outlines the various different pathways of development, and of growing industrialisation, urbanisation and secularisation which took place across the region. It provides rich insights on the complex networks whereby very varied ideas, aspirations and policies interacted to bring about a varied pattern of progress, and of integration and isolation, with different areas moving in different ways and at different paces. Overall the book presents something very different from the traditional picture of the" two Europes". Particular examples covered include agrarian reform movements, in various phases, different models of socialism, and different models of socialist reform.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Industrialisation, Modernity and Development in Eastern Europe 1. Development and Backwardness: The Social Origins of East European Politics 2. Capitalism or Rural Socialism? The Dilemmas of Renewal in Russia and the Balkans 3. The "Peasant State": Ideology and Politics of Agrarian Movements in Central-Eastern Europe Between the Two World Wars 4. Communism and the "Third Peasant Way": Competing Internationals and Development Models in the USSR and Central-Eastern Europe 5. Market Socialism, National Roads to Socialism and Competition with the West 6. Between "Otherness" and Globalisation: "Real Socialism", Modernity and Gorbachev 7. Conclusion: The Challenges of Modernity and Post-Modernity
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