Eastern Europe and the Third World
Author | : Michael Radu |
Publisher | : Praeger Publishers |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael Radu |
Publisher | : Praeger Publishers |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Derek H. Aldcroft |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2016-04-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317138872 |
Economic historians have perennially addressed the intriguing question of comparative development, asking why some countries develop much faster and further than others. Focusing primarily on Europe between 1914 and 1939, this present volume explores the development of thirteen countries that could be said to be categorised as economically backward during this period: Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey and Yugoslavia. These countries are linked, not only in being geographically on Europe's periphery, but all shared high agrarian components and income levels much lower than those enjoyed in western European countries. The study shows that by 1918 many of these countries had structural characteristics which either relegated them to a low level of development or reflected their economic backwardness, characteristics that were not helped by the hostile economic climate of the interwar period. It explores, region by region, how their progress was checked by war and depression, and how the effects of political and social factors could also be a major impediment to sustained progress and modernisation. For example, in many cases political corruption and instability, deficient administrations, ethnic and religious diversity, agrarian structures and backwardness, population pressures, as well as international friction, were retarding factors. In all this study offers a fascinating insight into many areas of Europe that are often ignored by economists and historians. It demonstrates that these countries were by no means a lost cause, and that their post-war performances show the latent economic potential that most harboured. By providing an insight into the development of Europe's 'periphery' a much more rounded and complete picture of the continent as a whole is achieved.
Author | : Bernard Waites |
Publisher | : Red Globe Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1999-07-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0333588681 |
This book examines the impact of European expansion into the Americas, Asia and Africa in terms of Europe's own development and the "underdevelopment" of the so-called Third World.
Author | : Roger E. Kanet |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780521344593 |
Soviet policy towards the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America underwent substantial expansion and change during the three decades since Khrushchev first initiated efforts to break out of the USSR's international isolation. This 1988 volume examine various aspects of Soviet and East European policy towards the Third World.
Author | : Brigitte Schulz |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2019-07-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000305643 |
This volume deals with the nature of the relationship between the countries of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and those of the Third World, offering some background to the decline in the Soviet Union's international position, both politically and economically.
Author | : James Mark |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2020-02-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 025304653X |
Globalization has become synonymous with the seemingly unfettered spread of capitalist multinationals, but this focus on the West and western economies ignores the wide variety of globalizing projects that sprang up in the socialist world as a consequence of the end of the European empires. This collection is the first to explore alternative forms of globalization across the socialist world during the Cold War. Gathering the work of established and upcoming scholars of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China, Alternative Globalizations addresses the new relationships and interconnections which emerged between a decolonizing world in the postwar period and an increasingly internationalist eastern bloc after the death of Stalin. In many cases, the legacies of these former globalizing impulses from the socialist world still exist today. Divided into four sections, the works gathered examine the economic, political, developmental, and cultural aspects of this exchange. In doing so, the authors break new ground in exploring this understudied history of globalization and provide a multifaceted study of an increasing postwar interconnectedness across a socialist world.
Author | : Christopher Stevens |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Developing countries |
ISBN | : |
Gives brief country-by-country analyses of economic reform. Provides also an assessment of the lessons to be drawn by Eastern Europe from the structural adjustment experience of the Third World and of the potential impact on developing countries of the political and economic changes in Eastern Europe.
Author | : Michael Radu |
Publisher | : Praeger Publishers |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1981-04-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780275907082 |
Author | : Bernard Waites |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2005-07-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 113480413X |
This book examines the concept of Europe in its relations to those areas of the globe beyond its borders. In particular it is concerned with the historical evolution and contemporary setting of Europe vis-a-vis The United States of America, the developing world and the former Soviet Union. This involves drawing on the perspectives of international history, politics and economics. A unifying feature of the analysis included here is provided by the fact that the "bi-polar world" that emerged in the aftermath of the Second World War has effectively been brought to an end with the collapse first of Soviet control in Eastern Europe, and then by the break-up of the Soviet Union itself and a prospective reduction of American influence in western Europe. What will Europe look like in an increasingly "multi-polar world"? An answer to this depends not only on the evolving external connections between Europe and other parts of the world but also on the internal development of European political and economic integration. The dynamic of this crucial dual relationship is examined here.
Author | : Tomek E. Jankowski |
Publisher | : New Europe Books |
Total Pages | : 600 |
Release | : 2014-05-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0985062339 |
Eastern Europe! is a brief and concise (but informative) introduction to Eastern Europe and its myriad customs and history. When the legendary Romulus killed his brother Remus and founded the city of Rome in 753 BCE, Plovdiv -- today the second-largest city in Bulgaria -- was already thousands of years old. Indeed, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Brussels, Amsterdam are all are mere infants compared to Plovdiv. This is just one of the paradoxes that haunts and defines the New Europe, that part of Europe that was freed from Soviet bondage in 1989 which is at once both much older than the modern Atlantic-facing power centers of Western Europe while also being in some ways much younger than them. Even those knowledgeable about Western Europe often see Eastern Europe as terra incognita, with a sign on the border declaring "Here be monsters." This book is a gateway to understanding both what unites and separates Eastern Europeans from their Western brethren, and how this vital region has been shaped by, but has also left its mark on, Western Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Ideal for students, businesspeople, and those who simply want to know more about where Grandma or Grandpa came from, Eastern Europe! is a user-friendly guide to a region that is all too often mischaracterized as remote, insular, and superstitious. Illustrations throughout include: 40 photos, 40 maps and 40 figures (tables, charts, etc.) From the Trade Paperback edition.