The Crisis of Socialist Modernity The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in The 1970s |
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| Contribution by:
| Jakir, Aleksandar
Happel, Jö
Zhuk, Sergei
Merl, Stephan
Markovic, Predrag J.
Boden, Ragna
Neutatz, Dietmar
Obertreis, Julia
Calic, Marie-Janine |
| Editor:
| Neutatz, Dietmar
Obertreis, Julia
Calic, Marie-Janine |
| Series title: | Schriftenreihe der FRIAS School of History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-525-31042-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $23.00 |
Book Description:
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In the 1970s industry in the West had reached its limits, precipitating a major discussion about how to solve the crisis. But what was going on in Eastern Europe parallel to this development? Were any similar trends being registered? The authors of this volume pursue the answers to these questions by studying the politics, economics, social and cultural movements of that time in the multiethnic countries of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. It becomes clear that these two countries were...
More DescriptionIn the 1970s industry in the West had reached its limits, precipitating a major discussion about how to solve the crisis. But what was going on in Eastern Europe parallel to this development? Were any similar trends being registered? The authors of this volume pursue the answers to these questions by studying the politics, economics, social and cultural movements of that time in the multiethnic countries of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. It becomes clear that these two countries were themselves in the midst of a latent crisis resulting from the global developments around them and from their own internal conflicts. The symptoms of this crisis were well known in expert circles, but not registered fully by either the political leaders or the citizens at large.