Politics at the Turn of the Century
By (author) Arthur Melzer Contributions by Todd Gitlin Professor of culture, jou, Seyla Benhabib, Alan Wolfe Director of the Boisi Cen, Alan Brinkley Columbia University, James Ceaser University of Virginia, Harvey C. Mansfield, Delba Winthrop Harvard University, Michael Zuckert University of Notre Dame, Paul Pierson UC Berkeley, RICHARD A. EPSTEIN author of The Classical Liberal Constitution: The Uncertain Quest for Limit, Claus Offe Professor Emeritus of Political Sociology at the Hertie School of Governanc, John Dunn Fellow of King's College, Charles H. Fairbanks, Atul Kohli, Pratap B. Mehta, Andrew J. Nathan Columbia University, Tianjian Shi, Vladimir Tismaneanu University of Maryland, a, T J. Pempel Edited by Richard M. Zinman, Jerry Weinberger
Publication date:
17 July 2001Length of book:
400 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
228x149mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780847694464
With the end of the Cold War, the death of Communism, and the decline of Socialism, what are the primary issues, ideologies, and parties that now structure politics? Melzer, Zinman, and Weinberger have compiled essays from prominent experts to examine the politics of the past to help plot the political future. The first half of the volume addresses OIdentity PoliticsO and OBig GovernmentO and their respective places in the shaping of the United States political environment since the end of the Cold War. The second half of the volume focuses on the political climate in Western Europe, Russia, India, and China.
The editors have brought together some highly respected academics and produced a thorough and incisive review of two central philosophical and political problems facing the USA and, to a lesser extent, the wider world today.