1st Edition
1989 as a Political World Event Democracy, Europe and the New International System in the Age of Globalization
Foreword On the Unpredictability of History Václav Havel Part I: The meanings and Legacies of 1989 1. Introduction: The World After 1989 and the Exhaustion of Three Cycles Jacques Rupnik 2. Writing 1989: A World Narrative Karoline Postel-Vinay 3. 1989: A Philosophy of Immediacy Zaki Laïdi Part II: Re-inventing Democracy and its Discontents 4. Democracy and its Dissatisfaction Ivan Krastev 5. From the Revolutions of 1989 to Democracy Fatigue in Eastern Europe Jacques Rupnik 6. The Difficult New Era for International Democracy Support Thomas Carothers 7. Civil Society: from Myth to Reality Grzegorz Ekiert 8. ‘Tropical Democracy’? Transplantating of Pluralism into Africa Richard Banégas 9. Arab Spring and Middle Eastern Exceptionalism Dominique Moïsi Part III: Varieties of Capitalism in the Age of Globalization 10. Institutional Change and Economic Transformation after Socialism Leszek Balcerowicz 11. The Political Economy of post 1989 Capitalism in East-Central Europe Claus Offe 12. 1989 and the Advent of an Authoritarian State Capitalism in China Jean-François Huchet Part IV: Between Global Governance and New Power Rivalries 13. American Visions of the World after 1989 John L. Harper 14. Russia and the Quest for Lost Power Marie Mendras 15. China and the End of Socialism in Europe: A Godsend for the Chinese Communists Jean-Philippe Béja 16. The UN and the Changing Meaning of an International Community Jean-Marie Guéhenno 17. The Arab four seasons: When an excess of religion leads to political secularization Olivier Roy
Biography
Jacques Rupnik is Senior Research Fellow at CERI and Professor at Sciences Po, Paris and the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.
