Planning in Cold War Europe : Competition, Cooperation, Circulations (1950s-1970s)

The book opens new perspectives on the global Cold War by looking at social and economic planning. Despite the rival visions of the world that they put forward, social regulating ideas and practices were also at the core of a common project of modernity. This volume will show how social and economic knowledge circulated globally and how it was reinterpreted and appropriated in various national and local contexts.

"[...] die hier besprochenen Publikationen (und nicht nur sie) [belegen] eine erfreuliche Offenheit für neue Fragen, Theorien und Methoden sowie einen fortgeschrittenen Stand transnationaler, auch blockübergreifender planungsgeschichtlicher Forschung, der vor ein oder zwei Jahrzehnten noch kaum denkbar erschien."
Christoph Bernhardt in: H-Soz-Kult (30.08.2019), https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-26866

"[...] Planning in Cold War Europe offers an essential contribution to the expanding field of Cold War studies. It also adds to the existing literature on postwar planning. While much of this scholarship has focused on economic and development planning, the authors of this volume expand the scope to other less-explored areas, like the planning of scientific research, the development of management knowledge, or environmental management. In doing so, they have paved the way for new avenues of research."
Malak Labib in: H-Soz-Kult (22.10.2019), https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-28085