Liberalism in illiberal states : ideas and economic adjustment in contemporary Europe /
After the end of the Cold War, liberalism emerged as the world's dominant political-economic ideology, and economic liberalism seemed to have achieved global hegemony. In this work, Mark Vail acknowledges the dominance of economic liberalism, but argues that its implementation in specific count...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY, United States of America :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | After the end of the Cold War, liberalism emerged as the world's dominant political-economic ideology, and economic liberalism seemed to have achieved global hegemony. In this work, Mark Vail acknowledges the dominance of economic liberalism, but argues that its implementation in specific countries is always unique and dependent upon powerful historical factors. He focuses on France, Germany, and Italy-countries that many scholars do not view as 'liberal' at all-and contends they have in fact developed distinct forms of national liberalism, of which their postwar models of capitalism were merely one manifestation. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 269 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190684006 0190684003 9780190684013 0190684011 9780190684020 019068402X |