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An economic history of twentieth-century Europe : Eonomic regimes from Laissez-Faire to globalization / IvanT Berend
Publication details: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: xv, 356 p. ; 28cmISBN:- 9780521672689 (pbk.)
- 330.94 BER
Contents:
1. Europe's Laissez-Faire System and its Impact before World War IThe rise of Britain and the laissez-faire system.Rising modern sectors and Europe's position in the globalizing world.The beginning of Scandinavia's catching up and the peripheries (Southern/Eastern) remaining behind.2. Decline of Laissez-Faire and the Rise of the Regulated Market SystemThe turning point of the World War I war economy and postwar chaos.The Great Depression and the "death" of laissez-faire.The theory of the regulated market and the impact of the World War II war economy.3. Economic Dirigisme in Authoritarian–Fascist RegimesThe origins and characteristics of economic dirigisme.Case studies on Italy, Spain, and Germany's economic power.4. The Centrally Planned Economic SystemMarxist theoretical legacy and the Bolshevik program.Forced industrialization, central planning, and the formation of the Soviet bloc.The characteristics, regional integration, and eventual crisis and collapse of the planned economies.5. Managed Social-Market System in an Integrating Post-World War II Western EuropeThe emergence of the mixed economy and the "Sozialpartnerschaft".The rise of the welfare state and the educational revolution.Economic integration and the rise of the European Union.6. Globalization: Return to Laissez-Faire?The characteristics and impact of globalization on Europe.The challenge of the welfare state and rising global inequality.Europe's response: the single market, common currency, and becoming a "rising economic superpower".Note: The second edition (2016) includes updated material on the 2008 financial-economic crisis and its impact on European integration.
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1. Europe's Laissez-Faire System and its Impact before World War IThe rise of Britain and the laissez-faire system.Rising modern sectors and Europe's position in the globalizing world.The beginning of Scandinavia's catching up and the peripheries (Southern/Eastern) remaining behind.2. Decline of Laissez-Faire and the Rise of the Regulated Market SystemThe turning point of the World War I war economy and postwar chaos.The Great Depression and the "death" of laissez-faire.The theory of the regulated market and the impact of the World War II war economy.3. Economic Dirigisme in Authoritarian–Fascist RegimesThe origins and characteristics of economic dirigisme.Case studies on Italy, Spain, and Germany's economic power.4. The Centrally Planned Economic SystemMarxist theoretical legacy and the Bolshevik program.Forced industrialization, central planning, and the formation of the Soviet bloc.The characteristics, regional integration, and eventual crisis and collapse of the planned economies.5. Managed Social-Market System in an Integrating Post-World War II Western EuropeThe emergence of the mixed economy and the "Sozialpartnerschaft".The rise of the welfare state and the educational revolution.Economic integration and the rise of the European Union.6. Globalization: Return to Laissez-Faire?The characteristics and impact of globalization on Europe.The challenge of the welfare state and rising global inequality.Europe's response: the single market, common currency, and becoming a "rising economic superpower".Note: The second edition (2016) includes updated material on the 2008 financial-economic crisis and its impact on European integration.