Europe Since 1989: Transitions and Transformations

ISBN-13: 9780367870669 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 174 str.

William Outhwaite

Opis

Europe Since 1989 charts the development since the 1989 revolutions. It analyses the emergent European society, the development of the European public sphere, civil society and examines the implications of post communist transition for individual region and for Europe as a whole.

Spis treści

1. Preface(s) and Introduction: Chance and necessity  2. After 1989  3. Path Dependence: Causal models of postcommunist transition  4. East-West Divergences and Convergences  5. Convergence and Catching-Up: EU enlargement and colour revolutions  6. The Russian Enigma  7. European Democracy and Civil Society  8. Out of the Crisis?  9. Europeanisation and the European Union: Conclusion  10. Appendix on Territoriality

O autorze

William Outhwaite is Professor of Sociology (emeritus) at Newcastle University. His recent books in this area include European Society, Polity, 2008, Critical Theory and Contemporary Europe, Continuum, 2012 and (with Larry Ray) Social Theory and Postcommunism, Blackwell, 2005.