Introduction : the postwar aberration -- The rise of the postwar consensus. Consensus enforced : Eastern Europe, 1944-1953 ; Consensus of silence : Western Europe, 1945-1953 -- Boom to bust. Golden years? : Western Europe, 1953-1975 ; Catching up? : Eastern Europe, 1953-1975 -- Shock treatment. Neo-liberalism : Western Europe, 1975-1989 ; Gerontocracy : Eastern Europe, 1975-1989 -- The fall of the postwar consensus. Consensus shattered ; Memory wars -- Conclusion : the dead season of our fortunes.
Summary:
Shows how the anti-fascist consensus prevalent throughout Europe following World War II has been crumbling since the 1970s and how globalization, deregulation, the erosion of social-democratic welfare capitalism in the West, and the collapse of the Communist alternative in the East are leading to a social divisive, politically dangerous rise of fascism that could threaten the peace of Europe.
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