An economic history of twentieth-century Europe
Subtitle: economic regimes from laissez-faire to globalization
By: Ivan T. Berend.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521672689; 9780521856669
Subjects: Europe -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Other titles: Economic history of 20th-century Europe
Description: "This is a major new history of economic regimes and economic performance throughout the twentieth century. Ivan T. Berend looks at the historic development of the twentieth-century European economy, examining both its failures and its successes in responding to the challenges of this crisis-ridden and troubled but highly successful age. The book surveys the rise and fall of the various economic regimes that were invented and introduced in Europe during the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-349) and index.
Table of contents: title: Europe's laissez-faire system and its impact before World War I; title: The rise of Britain and the laissez-faire system; title: Rising modern sectors; title: Europe's position in the world; title: Rising disparity within Europe; title: The beginning of Scandinavia's catching-up; title: The Southern and Eastern peripheries remaining behind; title: The challenge of globalized laissez-faire; title: Decline of laissez-faire and the rise of the regulated market system; title: The turning point : war economy 1914; title: 18, postwar chaos, and the agony of laissez-faire; title: Failed attempts to return to 'normalcy'; title: The death of laissez-faire, and extreme state regulations during the Great Depression; title: The theory of regulated market; title: War economy 1939; title: 45; title: The impact of the regulated market economy : European economic performance; title: Europe's deteriorating role in the world; title: Economic dirigisme in authoritarian; title: fascist regimes; title: The origins and characteristics of economic dirigisme; title: Functions and programs of the state; title: Self-sufficiency, planning and the populist welfare system; title: Dictated regional economic integration; title: Economic results; title: The centrally planned economic system; title: Marxist theoretical legacy, Lenin, and the Bolshevik program; title: Forced industrialization and central planning : "socialism in one country"; title: From an isolated Soviet system to the Soviet bloc; title: The characteristics of the centrally planned economic system; title: Safeguarding and attempts to legitimize the regime; title: Regional integration system of planned economies; title: The goal and balance sheet of the centrally planned economy; title: Rapid growth and industrialization : reproduced backwardness; title: Reform attempts that failed; title: Crisis and collapse; title: Mixed economy and welfare state in an integrated post-World War II Western Europe; title: Postwar international regulations; title: Economic integration and the rise of the European Union; title: The emergence of Sozialpartnerschaft and the mixed economy; title: Planning in mixed economies; title: The rise of the welfare state; title: Educational revolution; title: Economic growth and structural changes; title: Globalization : return to laissez-faire?; title: Globalization and its characteristics; title: Globalization of the laissez-faire ideology and system; title: The impact of globalization on Europe; title: The challenge of mixed economy and welfare state; title: Globalization and inequality; title: Rising global environmental considerations and regulations; title: Europe : a rising economic superpower.