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The crisis of socialism in Europe

Title

The crisis of socialism in Europe / edited by Christiane Lemke and Gary Marks.

Publication

Durham : Duke University Press, 1992.
©1992

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x, 253 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"The revolutions in Eastern Europe and the recasting of socialism in Western Europe since 1989 have given rise to intense debate over the origins, character, and implications of the “crisis” of socialism. Is socialism in ideological, electoral, or organizational decline? Is the decline inevitable or can socialism be revitalized? This volume draws together historians and political scientists of Eastern and Western European politics to address these questions. The collection begins with an historical overview of socialism in Western Europe and moves toward the suggestion of a framework for a post-socialist discourse. Among the topics covered are: the birth and death of communism and a regime type in Eastern Europe; how different forms of national communism were smothered by Sovietization in the postwar period; the origins of revolutions in Eastern Europe; the potential for social democracy in Hungary; the role of the Left in a reunified German; and directions for the Left in general"--Publisher's description.

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Essays
History
Essays.

Note

Based on a series of papers prepared for a conference, Crisis of Socialism in Eastern and Western Europe, at the University of North Carolina in April 1990.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

From decline to demise? : the fate of socialism in Europe / Christiane Lemke and Gary Marks -- Reviewing the socialist tradition / Geoff Eley -- Revolution and counterrevolution in Eastern Europe / Norman M. Naimark -- The crisis of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe and socialism's future / Sharon L. Wolchik -- Classes and parties in the transition to postcommunism : the case of Hungary, 1989-1990 / Iván Szelényi and Szonja Szelényi -- After the golden age : is social democracy doomed to decline? / Wolfgang Merkel -- The West German left in changing Europe : between intellectual stagnation and redefining identity / Andrei S. Markovits -- The socialist discourse and party strategy in West European democracies / Herbert Kitschelt -- Toward a postsocialist politics? : a historical postscript / Konrad H. Jarausch.

ISBN

0822311976
9780822311973
0822311801
9780822311805

LCCN

91014680

OCLC

ocm23462173
23462173
SCSB-14698763

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Princeton University Library