| ID | 156307 |
| Title Proper | From the end of history to the retreat of liberalism |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Jones, Erik |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | When the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, Edward Luce and his college friends drove to Berlin from Oxford to take part in the massive party that ushered in the end of communism. The communist world had been under strain at least since the imposition of martial law in Poland in 1981; the process accelerated rapidly when first Poland and then Hungary began to experiment with power-sharing arrangements. But the fall of the wall was the only event offering an excuse for a college-age kid to celebrate the sea change in history. Luce took advantage of the opportunity in the belief that a post-communist world would be much better than the one it replaced. His college tutors tolerantly accepted the reason for his absence upon his return. |
| `In' analytical Note |
Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol. 59, No.6; Dec-Jan 2017-18: p.165-174 |
| Journal Source | Survival : the IISS Quarterly Vol: 59 No 6 |
| Key Words | Democracy ; Governance ; Global Politics ; Protest |