World Politics Since 1989

by Jonathan Holslag

Book Overview

1989 ushered in a new age of freedom and prosperity. Thirty years later, the golden era is over. What went wrong? How did the age of globalization - of growing connectivity, affluence, and growth - give way?

Jonathan Holslag navigates through the calm seas and rip tides of global politics from the Cold War to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He tells a story of faltering momentum and squandered opportunities that explains how the West's sources...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509546723
• ISBN13: 9781509546725
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"