ISBN: 9781472459404 - the ‘long 1970s’: human rights, east-west détente and transnational relations (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 332.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. Poul Villaume is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has authored, co-authored, and co-edited numerous books and articles on Danish, European, and transatlantic history in the 20th Century, in particular on Cold.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 313 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Editor(s): Villaume, Poul; Mariager, Rasmus; Porsdam, Helle. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; GTJ; HBG; HBLW3; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644. . 2016. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Today it is widely recognised that the 'long 1970s' was a decisive international transition period during which traditional, collective-oriented socio-economic interest and welfare policies were increasingly replaced by the more individually and neo-liberally oriented value policies of the post-industrial epoch. Seen from a distance of three decades, it is increasingly clear that these socio-economic and socio-cultural processes also found their expression at the level of national and international political power. The contributors to this volume explore these processes of political-cultural realignment and their social impetus in Western Europe and the Euro-Atlantic area in and around the 1970s in the context of three agenda-setting topics of international history of this period: human rights, including the impact of decolonisation; East-West détente in Europe; and transnational relations and discourses. Going beyond the so-called Americanisation processes of the immediate postwar period, this volume reclaims Europe's place- and particularly that of smaller European nations- in contemporary Western history, demonstrating Europe's contribution to transatlantic transformation processes in political culture, discourse, and power during this period.…