{"product_id":"europe-since-1989-9780691181134","title":"Europe since 1989","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning history of the transformation of Europe between 1989 and today\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this award-winning book, Philipp Ther provides the first comprehensive history of post-1989 Europe, offering a sweeping narrative filled with vivid details and memorable stories. \u003ci\u003eEurope since 1989 \u003c\/i\u003eshows how liberalization, deregulation, and privatization had catastrophic effects on former Soviet Bloc countries. Ther refutes the idea that this economic “shock therapy” was the basis of later growth, arguing that human capital and the “transformation from below” determined economic success or failure. He also shows how the capitalist West’s effort to reshape Eastern Europe in its own likeness ended up reshaping Western Europe, especially Germany. Bringing the story up to the present, Ther compares Eastern and Southern Europe after the 2008–9 global financial crisis. A compelling account of how the new order of Europe was wrought from the chaotic aftermath of the Cold War, \u003ci\u003eEurope since 1989 \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading for understanding post-Brexit Europe and the present dangers for democracy and the European Union.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philipp Ther","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955822530678,"sku":"9780691181134","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c6da13ef-80ea-4842-b7ba-0d93ece7c4cc.jpg?v=1767713503","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/europe-since-1989-9780691181134","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}