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1989 signifies the collapse of Soviet communism and the end of the Cold War, a moment generally recognized as a triumph for liberal democracy and when capitalism became global. The Global 1989 challenges these ideas. An international group of prominent scholars investigate the mixed, paradoxical and even contradictory outcomes engendered by these events, unravelling the intricacies of this important moment in world history. Although the political, economic and cultural orders generated have, for the most part, been an improvement on what was in place before, this has not always been clear cut: 1989 has many meanings, many effects and multiple trajectories. This volume leads the way in defining how 1989 can be assessed both in terms of its world historical impact and in terms of its contribution to the shape of contemporary world politics.

Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D. --- World politics --- Mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-neuf --- Politique mondiale --- 1989 A.D. --- Nineteen hundred eighty-nine, A.D. --- Year nineteen eighty-nine, A.D. --- Nineteen eighties --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Année 1989 --- Relations internationales --- 1975-1989 --- 1989-....

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"This book is not about the events of 1989, but about 1989 as a world event. Starting with the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet bloc it examines the historical significance and the world brought about by 1989"--

Political systems --- International relations. Foreign policy --- anno 1980-1989 --- anno 1990-1999 --- Democratization --- Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D --- Post-communism --- World politics --- #SBIB:327.1H20 --- #SBIB:328H27 --- Postcommunism --- Communism --- 1989 A.D. --- Nineteen hundred eighty-nine, A.D. --- Year nineteen eighty-nine, A.D. --- Nineteen eighties --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- History --- Sociologie van de internationale betrekkingen: algemeen --- Instellingen en beleid: Midden- en Centraal Europa: algemeen

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In a tour de force of lyrical theory, Joshua Clover boldly reimagines how we understand both pop music and its social context in a vibrant exploration of a year famously described as "the end of history." Amid the historic overturnings of 1989, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, pop music also experienced striking changes. Vividly conjuring cultural sensations and events, Clover tracks the emergence of seemingly disconnected phenomena--from grunge to acid house to gangsta rap--asking if "perhaps pop had been biding its time until 1989 came along to make sense of its sensibility." His analysis deftly moves among varied artists and genres including Public Enemy, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, De La Soul, The KLF, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, U2, Jesus Jones, the Scorpions, George Michael, Madonna, Roxette, and others. This elegantly written work, deliberately mirroring history as dialectical and ongoing, summons forth a new understanding of how "history had come out to meet pop as something more than a fairytale, or something less. A truth, a way of being."

Popular music --- Rap (Music) --- Underground dance music --- Grunge music --- Nineteen eighty-nine, A.D. --- 1989 A.D. --- Nineteen hundred eighty-nine, A.D. --- Year nineteen eighty-nine, A.D. --- Nineteen eighties --- Grunge rock music --- Alternative rock music --- Club music --- Dance music, Electronic --- Dance music, Underground --- EDM (Electronic dance music) --- Electronic music (Electronic dance music) --- UDM (Underground dance music) --- Dance music --- Electronica (Music) --- Remixes --- Music, Popular --- Music, Popular (Songs, etc.) --- Pop music --- Popular songs --- Popular vocal music --- Songs, Popular --- Vocal music, Popular --- Music --- Cover versions --- History and criticism. --- acid house. --- bands. --- cultural studies. --- de la soul. --- dr dre. --- entertainment industry. --- fall of the berlin wall. --- gangsta rap. --- george micheal. --- grunge music. --- historical. --- history. --- jesus jones. --- lyrical theory. --- madonna. --- media studies. --- music studies. --- music. --- musicians. --- nine inch nails. --- nirvana. --- nwa. --- performing arts. --- political aesthetics. --- politics. --- pop music. --- popular music. --- public enemy. --- rap music. --- retrospective. --- roxette. --- singers. --- social context. --- the end of history. --- the klf. --- the scorpions. --- u2.