Globalization in State Socialist East Central Europe: Looking Beyond Dominant Narratives

Tomka, Béla

Globalization in State Socialist East Central Europe: Looking Beyond Dominant Narratives
  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2024-07-21
  • 售價: $1,980
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,881
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 125
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 303163523X
  • ISBN-13: 9783031635236

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商品描述

This open access Palgrave Pivot explores four major aspects of globalization: foreign trade, capital and information flows, and the movement of people. The book examines how the state socialist countries of East Central Europe fit into the general trend of globalization after WWII. It focuses on three specific countries in the region: Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. The study also considers conceptual problems: whether recently introduced terms such as 'alternative globalization' and 'socialist proto-globalization' are plausible for interpreting state socialist globalization.

Special attention is paid to the study of continuities and discontinuities in the process of globalization in East Central Europe, which is a key issue in current debates. This requires a long-term perspective, so the study covers not only the decades before 1989 but also subsequent developments. In doing so, the book attempts to find a balance between old and new mainstream interpretations: it recognises that East Central European societies experienced considerable globalization during the state socialist era; however, based on empirical findings, instead of 'alternative' or 'proto-' globalization, the book suggests other notions to conceptualize this process, including fragmentation, selectivity, and unevenness. Thus, the proposed understanding could also contribute to discussions on globalization beyond East Central Europe.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本開放存取的 Palgrave Pivot 探討了全球化的四個主要面向：外貿、資本與資訊流動，以及人員的移動。該書檢視了東中歐的國家社會主義國家如何融入二戰後全球化的一般趨勢。重點放在該地區的三個特定國家：波蘭、捷克斯洛伐克和匈牙利。研究還考慮了概念性問題：最近引入的術語如「替代全球化」和「社會主義原型全球化」是否合理用於解釋國家社會主義的全球化。

特別關注的是對東中歐全球化過程中連續性與不連續性的研究，這是當前辯論中的一個關鍵議題。這需要長期的視角，因此研究不僅涵蓋1989年前的幾十年，還包括隨後的發展。在此過程中，該書試圖在舊有與新興主流解釋之間找到平衡：它承認東中歐社會在國家社會主義時期經歷了相當程度的全球化；然而，根據實證研究，該書建議用其他概念來詮釋這一過程，而非「替代」或「原型」全球化，包括碎片化、選擇性和不均勻性。因此，所提出的理解也可能對超越東中歐的全球化討論有所貢獻。

作者簡介

Béla Tomka is a professor of Contemporary Social and Economic History at the University of Szeged, Hungary. He is the author of 16 books including Welfare in East and West (2004), A Social History of Twentieth-Century Europe (2013, winner of 'Outstanding Academic Title 2013 Award' by Choice, American Library Association), Austerities and Aspirations: A Comparative History of Growth, Consumption and Quality of Life in East Central Europe since 1945 (2020), and the editor of several other volumes. He is the head of the Department of Contemporary History, University of Szeged, co-founder and board member of the International Social History Association, Amsterdam, as well as leader of the History of Globalization Research Group, Budapest-Szeged, established by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Béla Tomka 是匈牙利塞格德大學當代社會與經濟歷史的教授。他著有16本書籍，包括《東西方的福利》（2004年）、《20世紀歐洲的社會歷史》（2013年，獲得美國圖書館協會Choice頒發的2013年傑出學術著作獎）、《自1945年以來中東歐的增長、消費與生活品質的比較歷史：緊縮與期望》（2020年），並編輯了其他幾本書籍。他是塞格德大學當代歷史系的主任，國際社會歷史協會（位於阿姆斯特丹）的共同創辦人及董事會成員，以及由匈牙利科學院成立的布達佩斯-塞格德全球化歷史研究小組的負責人。

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