The triumph of broken promises the end of the Cold War and the rise of neoliberalism

The triumph of broken promises the end of the Cold War and the rise of neoliberalism

"Communist and capitalist states alike were scarred by the economic shocks of the 1970s. Why did only communist governments fall in their wake? Fritz Bartel argues that Western democracies were insulated by neoliberalism. While austerity was fatal to the legitimacy of communism, democratic poli...

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Main Author: Bartel, Fritz
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Communist countries > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Pays socialistes > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Communist countries.
Neoliberalism.
Cold War.
Recessions > History > 20th century.
Financial crises > History > 20th century.
Capitalism > History > 20th century.
Néo-libéralisme.
Guerre froide.
Récessions > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Capitalism.
Economic history.
Financial crises.
Recessions.
EBSCO eBooks
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Making and breaking promises
  • Part one. The privatization of the Cold War: The oil shock to the Cold War
  • Years of illusion and reckoning
  • Defeating the enemy within
  • The capitalist perestroika
  • The economic Cold War
  • Part two. The end of the Cold War: The socialist perestroika
  • A period of extraordinary politics
  • The coercion of creditworthiness
  • Exit, violence, or austerity
  • Discipline or retreat
  • Conclusion: The triumph of broken promises.

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