For far too long, views of Eastern Europe as an entrenched, deprived and peripheral region have shaped common perceptions of this area of the world. Presenting important contemporary research, Globalizing Eastern Europe: Politics, Culture and Economics from the 18th to the 21st Century offers a series of refreshing arguments to counter such misconceptions. From grain production, which rose to challenge the American Midwest, to the making of modern international law, and from emancipatory educational concepts that countered Victorian doctrines to the de-nationalisation of classical music, this volume recasts Eastern Europe as a globally active region. With a contemporary focus, its contributions also provide a fresh look at current Chinese infrastructure investments in the region, at Russia’s pivotal role in climate change, and at debates regarding the uneven urban developments between core and periphery. With a view to tracking historical trajectories, and an emphasis upon agency as a driving motor in global entanglements, Eastern Europe emerges as a globally engaged region. In doing so, this volume further enriches the perennial debates regarding the region’s spatial and cultural boundaries.
Preface Matthias Middell
Acknowledgements
Introduction Ben-Nun, Castryck-Naumann, Dallywater
Ch. 1 Longue Durée Connectivity: Islam in Eastern Europe from the 11th to the 21st century Zaur Gasimov
Ch. 2: Recent Dynamics: Natural Resources, Environmental Policies, and Climate Change Benjamin Beuerle
Part I: International Political and Legal Spheres
Editor’s Cohesion Notes: Actors of Global Change
Ch. 3: Shaping the International Sphere: Eastern Europe’s Involvement in International Organisations Katja Castryck-Naumann
Ch. 4: Beyond ‘Western’ Standards: Global Imprints on Domestic Law Azar Aliyev
Ch. 5: Socialist Childhoods: Internationalising Education and Children’s Rights Elizabeth White
Ch. 6: Eastern Europe’s Impacts on Modern International Law Gilad Ben-Nun
Part II: Impacts on Cultures and Societies
Editor’s Cohesion Notes: Encounters between Worlds – Mobility and Transfer
Ch. 7: Literature and Film: Aesthetics of a Region Mónika Dánél / Stephan Krause
Ch. 8: Migration and Migratory Impacts: Coping Strategies on a Global Scale Michael G. Esch
Ch. 9: Transnational and Global Aspects of Eastern European Music History Stefan Keym
Part III: Forays into Global Economic Processes
Editor’s Cohesion Notes: Moments of Global Change
Ch. 10: Positioning Strategies in the Global Commodity Market since 1850 Uwe Müller
Ch. 11: Into ‘History’s Dustbin’? Visions of Economic Development (1917–1989) Max Trecker
Ch. 12: Regional Development and Core-Periphery Divides Thilo Lang
Ch. 13: Eastern Europe and China Lela Rekhviashvili
Editors and Authors
Abbreviations
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