The authors of this book retell the political and economic history of East-Central Europe, the post-communist Balkans, and the Baltic states and speculate about their future from the vantage point of three competing forces operating in the region: territorial imperialism, globalization, and nationalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exposed to imperial aspirations, the geographic area from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea has in the past 150 years been subject to alternating waves of globalization and nationalism. The nineteenth century Eastern European empires were open to forces of economic globalization, but all collapsed at the end of World War One. Emerging nation-states embraced the logic of Western-led globalization but were subjugated by Nazi and Soviet empires, which pursued policies of economic autarchy. The demise of the Soviet empire marked the revival of pre-1939 nation-states and the re-entry of forces of liberalism and globalization into the region, with multiple crises of economic transition, ethnic militancy, new forms of authoritarianism, and external security threats. By 2010 negative, nationalist-populist reactions against crises that globalization brought to Eastern Europe became the dominant political trend. The analysis involves the consideration about the very contemporary factors of Brexit and COVID, as well as Russia\u2019s and China\u2019s influences, and their effects on Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Table of contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 Introduction <\/strong> Nationalism, Imperialism, and Globalization in the Shaping of Eastern Europe 2 Dialectics of Globalization: Empires and Nationalism<\/strong> Control by Empires Prior to WW I, 1815\u20131914 3 Liberalism and Anti-Liberalism <\/strong> The Spread of Liberalism and Its Discontentment 4 Ethnic Challenges from Within and Without <\/strong> Ethnic Warfare and Conflict within the States 5 Domestic and Global Security Challenges<\/strong> Terrorist Threats inside the State 6 The Cloud of COVID-19 as a Global Pressure on the Region and Its Individual States, 2020 and After <\/strong> Key Historical Differences 7 Conclusion: Imperialism, Globalization, and Nationalism in Eastern Europe in the Twenty-First Century <\/strong> Imperialism Bibliography\u00a0 Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hugh L. Agnew, The George Washington University<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPeterson and Lubecki set out to survey East European political and economic history from the later nineteenth century to the present, organized around the themes of imperialism, globalization, and nationalism. The originality of their work lies in its broad sweep of time, the equally broad region it sets out to consider, and the application of theoretical approaches from various disciplines to evaluating the three major themes of its title.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Publication date:\u00a02023 <\/p>\n\n\n\n 174 pages<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James W. Peterson and Jacek Lubecki<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Background of Theories <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jacek Lubecki<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emergence of Nation-States after 1918
Nazi\/Fascist Empire, 1930s and 1940s
Communist Empire, 1945\u201389
Post-communist Expressions of Nationalism after 1989 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jacek Lubecki<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Successes of Liberalism and Persistence of Anti-liberalism
Conclusion: Eastern Europe between Nationalism and Globalization <\/p>\n\n\n\n
James W. Peterson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Migratory Pressures from the External Environment
Theoretical Conclusion <\/p>\n\n\n\n
James W. Peterson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russian Imperial Challenges after Crimea Takeover, 2014
Theoretical Conclusion <\/p>\n\n\n\n
James W. Peterson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Impact of COVID-19 on Democratic Ratings
Selected Case Studies of Political and Administrative Decisions during the 2020\u201322 Virus
Election Outcomes during the Crisis Years
Theoretical Conclusion <\/p>\n\n\n\n
James W. Peterson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Globalization
Nationalism
Theoretical Conclusions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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