European socialist regimes' fateful engagement with the West : national strategies in the long 1970s /
European socialist regimes' fateful engagement with the West : national strategies in the long 1970s /
edited by Angela Romano and Frederico Romero.
- 1 online resource.
- Cold war history .
"This edited volume analyses European socialist countries' strategy of engagement with the West and the European Economic Community in the long 1970s. The book focuses on a time when the socialist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe banked their hopes for prosperity and stability on enhanced relations with the West. Crossing the traditional differences among diverse fields of historiography, it assesses the complex influence of European and global processes of transformation on the socialist elites' reading of the international political and economic environment and their consequent decision-making. The volume also explores the debate in each country among and within the elites involved in policymaking as they elaborated this strategic view and coped with shortcomings and unexpected turns. A comparative analysis of national cases shows a shared logic and common patterns, together with national variations and a plurality of views on the desirability of exchanges with their capitalist neighbours and on the ways to promote them. The multinational coverage of seven countries makes this volume a starting point for anyone interested in each socialist state's foreign policies, intra-bloc relations, economic strategy, transformation and collapse, relations with the European Community and access to the EU. This book will be of much interest to students of Cold War Studies, European history, and International Relations"--
9780429340703 0429340702 9781000210347 1000210340 9781000210354 1000210359 9781000210330 1000210332
HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
HISTORY / Europe / General
Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--Europe, Western.
Europe, Western--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.
Europe, Eastern--Foreign economic relations--Europe, Western.
Europe, Western--Foreign economic relations--Europe, Eastern.
Communist countries--Foreign relations--Europe, Western.
Communist countries--Foreign economic relations--Europe, Western.
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Europe, Eastern--Economic policy--1945-1989.
DJK45.E85
327.470409/047
"This edited volume analyses European socialist countries' strategy of engagement with the West and the European Economic Community in the long 1970s. The book focuses on a time when the socialist regimes of Central and Eastern Europe banked their hopes for prosperity and stability on enhanced relations with the West. Crossing the traditional differences among diverse fields of historiography, it assesses the complex influence of European and global processes of transformation on the socialist elites' reading of the international political and economic environment and their consequent decision-making. The volume also explores the debate in each country among and within the elites involved in policymaking as they elaborated this strategic view and coped with shortcomings and unexpected turns. A comparative analysis of national cases shows a shared logic and common patterns, together with national variations and a plurality of views on the desirability of exchanges with their capitalist neighbours and on the ways to promote them. The multinational coverage of seven countries makes this volume a starting point for anyone interested in each socialist state's foreign policies, intra-bloc relations, economic strategy, transformation and collapse, relations with the European Community and access to the EU. This book will be of much interest to students of Cold War Studies, European history, and International Relations"--
9780429340703 0429340702 9781000210347 1000210340 9781000210354 1000210359 9781000210330 1000210332
HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
HISTORY / Europe / General
Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations--Europe, Western.
Europe, Western--Foreign relations--Europe, Eastern.
Europe, Eastern--Foreign economic relations--Europe, Western.
Europe, Western--Foreign economic relations--Europe, Eastern.
Communist countries--Foreign relations--Europe, Western.
Communist countries--Foreign economic relations--Europe, Western.
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Europe, Eastern--Economic policy--1945-1989.
DJK45.E85
327.470409/047