The Political Economy of Eastern Europe 30 years into the ‘Transition’: New Left Perspectives from the Region (International Political Economy Series)

Synopsis

By the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, in most parts of Eastern Europe, high expectations associated with postsocialist transition have been substituted by disillusionment. In some countries, right-wing populism made an ideological use of grievances caused by the devastating effects of market liberalization, to replace liberal political hegemony with authoritarian conservative nationalism. In other countries, we witness forms of neoliberalism with increasingly authoritarian elements. Beyond an internal process, what has come often to be described as Eastern Europe’s illiberal turn also marks a new shift of international attention on the region.

This book represents a contribution to this debate from a distinctive East European perspective: that of new left scholars and activists from the region. Instead of selectively (re)writing the region’s history according to changing stakes of international discussions, the book joins those discussions from a perspective anchored in the experience of a generation whose lifetime coincides with the transformations of the postsocialist period. In contrast to the narrative of an overall illiberal shift, they represent the perspective of a new generation of East European left thinkers who came to develop an understanding of their environment in terms of its relations to global capitalist processes. A both theoretical and empirical contribution, the book showcases main lines of contemporary new left East European thought, and provides essential insights on topics conventionally associated with the issue of East European transition. As a contribution to contemporary debates on the present global socio-political transformation, this collection does not only seek to debate analytical statements, but also to change the field where analytical stakes are set, by adding the perspectives of those who think Eastern Europe’s global relations from within the regional context and its political stakes.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

270 Pages

ISBN-13:

9783030789152

Related ISBNs:

9783030789145

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

01/27/23

Copyrighted By:

The Editor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Agnes Gagyi

Edited by:

Ondřej Slačálek