LEADER 04445nam a22005175i 4500001 99131190249006421 005 20241120175053.0 006 m o d | 007 cr#cnu|||||||| 008 240721s2024 sz | o |||| 0|eng d 020 9783031635243 |q(electronic bk.) 020 |z9783031635236 024 7 10.1007/978-3-031-63524-3 |2doi 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC31554448 035 (Au-PeEL)EBL31554448 035 (CKB)33449933900041 035 (DE-He213)978-3-031-63524-3 035 (EXLCZ)9933449933900041 040 MiAaPQ |beng |erda |epn |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 050 4 DK1-949.5 072 7 HBJ |2bicssc 072 7 HIS032000 |2bisacsh 072 7 NHQ |2thema 082 0 338.94709045 100 1 Tomka, Béla. 245 10 Globalization in State Socialist East Central Europe : |bLooking Beyond Dominant Narratives / |cby Béla Tomka. 250 1st ed. 2024. 264 1 Cham : |bSpringer Nature Switzerland : |bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan, |c2024. 300 1 online resource (135 pages) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 505 0 Introduction -- 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. 520 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. 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. 650 0 Russia |xHistory. 650 0 Europe, Eastern |xHistory. 650 0 Soviet Union |xHistory. 650 0 History, Modern. 650 0 Globalization. 650 0 Europe |xHistory |x1492-. 650 0 Europe |xHistory. 650 14 Russian, Soviet, and East European History. 650 24 Modern History. 650 24 Globalization. 650 24 History of Modern Europe. 650 24 European History. 776 08 |iPrint version:Tomka, Béla |tGlobalization in State Socialist East Central Europe |dCham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 |z9783031635236