Economic Knowledge in Socialism, 1945-89
Feb11

Economic Knowledge in Socialism, 1945-89

Till Düppe, Ivan Boldyrev Annual supplement to History of Political Economy (Vol 51) edited by Till Düppe, Ivan Boldyrev This cross-disciplinary special issue focuses on economic knowledge in socialist countries during the second half of the twentieth century. Through a series of historical case studies, the issue embraces a wide variety of perspectives on the ways economy and society were conceptualized behind the Iron Curtain....

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CfP: European Rust Belts. West-East Comparisons – and Beyond
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CfP: European Rust Belts. West-East Comparisons – and Beyond

Dedaline 15 agosto 2019 CALL FOR PAPERS “European Rust Belts. West-East Comparisons – and Beyond” International Conference, Regensburg, 7-8 May 2020 Organized by Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (Munich-Berlin) and Leibniz Institute for East and South East European Studies (Regensburg), in cooperation with the Institute for Social Movements (Bochum) Conveners: Ulf Brunnbauer, Max Trecker, Sebastian Voigt The 1970s marked the...

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Economic Struggle for Power in Tito’s Yugoslavia: From World War II to Non-Alignment
Apr13

Economic Struggle for Power in Tito’s Yugoslavia: From World War II to Non-Alignment

Vladimir Unkovski-Korica Josip Broz Tito’s reshaped Yugoslav state became an influential pivot between East and West during the Cold War. Here, Vladimir Unkovski-Korica re-assesses struggles over the country’s economic model from the Second World War, through the Tito–Stalin split of 1948, to the slow opening to the world market in the 1950s and 1960s. Relying on new archival evidence, he outlines the contradictions between Tito’s...

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CfP: Le nerf de la guerre : l’économie de la propagande
Apr27

CfP: Le nerf de la guerre : l’économie de la propagande

Le nerf de la guerre : l’économie de la propagande 11 septembre 2017 – Paris Deadline : 15 mai 2017 Depuis plusieurs années, nous organisons des journées d’études sur l’histoire de la propagande destinées à encourager l’utilisation de la notion comme outil conceptuel pertinent et non comme argument disqualifiant. Pour cette année 2017, nous proposons de nous interroger sur la dimension économique de l’activité de propagande....

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