LEADER 04859nam 22006855 450 001 9910874685203321 005 20240721125246.0 010 $a9783031635243$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031635236 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-63524-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31554448 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31554448 035 $a(CKB)33449933900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-63524-3 035 $a(EXLCZ)9933449933900041 100 $a20240721d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGlobalization in State Socialist East Central Europe $eLooking Beyond Dominant Narratives /$fby Béla Tomka 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (135 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Tomka, Béla Globalization in State Socialist East Central Europe Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 9783031635236 327 $aIntroduction -- Chapter 1: Trends in research on state socialist globalization: the old and the new mainstream -- Chapter 2: Reconsidering cross-border interactions: balancing the scales -- Chapter 3: How to conceptualize state socialist globalization? -- Chapter 4: The role of 1989: dedramatization at its extreme? -- Chapter 5: Conclusions: limitations of the old and new mainstream narratives. 330 $aThis 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. 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. 606 $aRussia$xHistory 606 $aEurope, Eastern$xHistory 606 $aSoviet Union$xHistory 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aGlobalization 606 $aEurope$xHistory$x1492- 606 $aEurope$xHistory 606 $aRussian, Soviet, and East European History 606 $aModern History 606 $aGlobalization 606 $aHistory of Modern Europe 606 $aEuropean History 615 0$aRussia$xHistory. 615 0$aEurope, Eastern$xHistory. 615 0$aSoviet Union$xHistory. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aGlobalization. 615 0$aEurope$xHistory$x1492-. 615 0$aEurope$xHistory. 615 14$aRussian, Soviet, and East European History. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aGlobalization. 615 24$aHistory of Modern Europe. 615 24$aEuropean History. 676 $a338.94709045 700 $aTomka$b Béla$01098233 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910874685203321 996 $aGlobalization in State Socialist East Central Europe$94183804 997 $aUNINA