Left and Right in Global Politics

Earth Summit, Rio (1992) 212
East Germany, fall of Berlin Wall
137
East–West division
Cold War as108, 122
7
and end of Cold War 152
and politics of identity 199
Eastern Europe
collapse of communism 137
influence of USSR in124, 125
and market liberalization 63
poverty in 71
economic growth
and 1981–82 recession 147
British historical 95
in developing countries59, 134
from globalization 58
and imperialism 103
in modernization theory 130
and new social movements 169
slowed70, 168
9
and social change 136
and trade 72
3
and welfare spending 118
economic inequality, increased 70 , 69,
69
71
economic policy
and individual behavior139,
142
3
macro-economic management 114
micro-economic theory 143
postwar mixed economy 109
17
and social equality 110
state intervention in110, 139
see alsoKeynesian consensus;
monetarism
economics
Chicago school 220
and political science 217
19
Ecuador 189
education
improvements in 64
and left–right self-placement 47
Eisenhower, Dwight D., US President
115, 124
El Salvador, left–right self-placement
40
electoral systems 68
and left–right self-placement 40
Elster, Jon 231

“embedded liberalism” 108

Engels, Friedrich21, 98

Communist Manifesto 99

English Civil Wars 85

Enlightenment, the 8

environment

and developing countries 77 
 8

global debate on 210 
15, 229

global organizations 172

global progress on 65

and precautionary principle 215

voluntary measures213, 214

equality

as basis of political cleavage3, 4,

10, 30

cultural perceptions 47 
 8

and democracy 89

and democratic debate 17

and development consensus 191 
 2

differing standards of 21 
 3

differing values 42 
 7

and freedom 144

and French republicanism

16 
17, 87

and global redistribution 131

growth of 136

and multiculturalism 202

and opposition to colonialism 104

and resurgence of center-right 189

and role of state 110

Third Way view of 178 
 80

Estonia, economy 63

Europe

balance of power in91, 92

social-democratic governments166,

188, 196

and US-led coalition against Iraq

207

European Exchange Rate Agreement

145

European Union

European Council’s social-

democratic policies 180

expansion 63

Eysenck, Hans 25

family

left–right differences 20

well-being of 65

Farr, James 215

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