The Author: Gareth Dale teaches international political economy, international relations and German politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. He has published widely on German politics and history and is joint editor, with Mike Cole, of The European Union and Migrant Labour.

• Contents: Creation and demise of the GDR/Soviet Bloc – Nature of ‘Soviet-type economies’ – Globalisation and the Soviet Bloc – Inter-German economic and political relations – Gorbachev’s reforms - impact on East Germany – Roots of the revolution of 1989 – Political economy of post-unification eastern Germany.

«... ‘Between State Capitalism and Globalisation’... opens with a long discussion of capitalism and the global economy which has value for all of us and is the strongest published attempt to engage in debates on state and capital from a state capitalist perspective. [...] it should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in these issues.» (Mike Haynes, International Socialism)«Gareth Dale's excellent book on the history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) discusses in detail the international circumstances of this socialist dictatorship's creation, existence and decline.» (Jeannette Madarász, European History Quarterly)«Dales Buch...ist ein ‘Muss’ für alle, die die Funktionsweise und den Untergang der DDR jenseits der festgeklopften Argumentationslinien der etablierten DDR-Forschung zu begreifen versuchen.» (Jörg Roesler, Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft)

The Author: Gareth Dale teaches international political economy, international relations and German politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. He has published widely on German politics and history and is joint editor, with Mike Cole, of The European Union and Migrant Labour.

• Contents: Creation and demise of the GDR/Soviet Bloc – Nature of ‘Soviet-type economies’ – Globalisation and the Soviet Bloc – Inter-German economic and political relations – Gorbachev’s reforms - impact on East Germany – Roots of the revolution of 1989 – Political economy of post-unification eastern Germany.

«... ‘Between State Capitalism and Globalisation’... opens with a long discussion of capitalism and the global economy which has value for all of us and is the strongest published attempt to engage in debates on state and capital from a state capitalist perspective. [...] it should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in these issues.» (Mike Haynes, International Socialism)«Gareth Dale's excellent book on the history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) discusses in detail the international circumstances of this socialist dictatorship's creation, existence and decline.» (Jeannette Madarász, European History Quarterly)«Dales Buch...ist ein ‘Muss’ für alle, die die Funktionsweise und den Untergang der DDR jenseits der festgeklopften Argumentationslinien der etablierten DDR-Forschung zu begreifen versuchen.» (Jörg Roesler, Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft)

The Author: Gareth Dale teaches international political economy, international relations and German politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. He has published widely on German politics and history and is joint editor, with Mike Cole, of The European Union and Migrant Labour.

• Contents: Creation and demise of the GDR/Soviet Bloc – Nature of ‘Soviet-type economies’ – Globalisation and the Soviet Bloc – Inter-German economic and political relations – Gorbachev’s reforms - impact on East Germany – Roots of the revolution of 1989 – Political economy of post-unification eastern Germany.

«... ‘Between State Capitalism and Globalisation’... opens with a long discussion of capitalism and the global economy which has value for all of us and is the strongest published attempt to engage in debates on state and capital from a state capitalist perspective. [...] it should be compulsory reading for anyone interested in these issues.» (Mike Haynes, International Socialism)«Gareth Dale's excellent book on the history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) discusses in detail the international circumstances of this socialist dictatorship's creation, existence and decline.» (Jeannette Madarász, European History Quarterly)«Dales Buch...ist ein ‘Muss’ für alle, die die Funktionsweise und den Untergang der DDR jenseits der festgeklopften Argumentationslinien der etablierten DDR-Forschung zu begreifen versuchen.» (Jörg Roesler, Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft)