Alternative Europe

Author : Ernest Mathijs,Xavier Mendik
Publisher : Wallflower Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1903364930

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Alternative Europe by Ernest Mathijs,Xavier Mendik Pdf

Whether defined by comic excesses, cult horrors, or surreal vampire experimentations, trash and exploitation cinema represents the alternative face of European film. Although extremely popular with post-war audiences, these historically significant traditions of 'Eurotrash' have often been ridiculed or ignored by an established film criticism eager to define 'legitimate' European cinema as either avant-garde or socially realist. Alternative Europe: Eurotrash and Exploitation Cinema Since 1945 investigates these previously under-explored national traditions of film culture, with essays and festival reports uncovering the social and cultural trends and tensions within a wide range of European exploitation movies. The volume considers such engaging and challenging topics as Russian, Belgian and Italian horror cinema, Gothic musclemen movies, Nazi 'sexploitation' cycles, German erotic cinema and 1970s European 'rogue cop' thrillers. Alternative Europe also includes interviews with trash directors and icons such as Brian Yuzna, J'rg Buttgereit and Giovanni Lombardo Radice.

Author : Rudolf Bahro
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789606812

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The Alternative in Eastern Europe by Rudolf Bahro Pdf

The contemporary Marxist writer provides analyses of socialist theory, modern political struggle, and socialist societies in Eastern Europe.

Author : Sabrina P. Ramet
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789633863107

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Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe by Sabrina P. Ramet Pdf

Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe examines the historical examples of Soviet Communism, Italian Fascism, German Nazism, and Spanish Anarchism, suggesting that, in spite of their differences, they had some key features in common, in particular their shared hostility to individualism, representative government, laissez faire capitalism, and the decadence they associated with modern culture. But rather than seeking to return to earlier ways of working these movements and regimes sought to design a new future – an alternative future – that would restore the nation to spiritual and political health. The Fascists, for their part, specifically promoted palingenesis, which is to say the spiritual rebirth of the nation. The book closes with a long epilogue, in which Ramet defends liberal democracy, highlighting its strengths and advantages. In this chapter, the author identifies five key choke points, which would-be authoritarians typically seek to control, subvert, or instrumentalize: electoral rules, the judiciary, the media, hate speech, and surveillance, and looks at the cases of Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, Jarosław Kaczyński’s Poland, and Donald Trump’s United States.

Author : Konrad H. Jarausch
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691226187

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Embattled Europe by Konrad H. Jarausch Pdf

A bracing corrective to predictions of the European Union’s decline, by a leading historian of modern Europe Is the European Union in decline? Recent history, from the debt and migration crises to Brexit, has led many observers to argue that the EU’s best days are behind it. Over the past decade, right-wing populists have come to power in Poland, Hungary, and beyond—many of them winning elections using strident anti-EU rhetoric. At the same time, Russia poses a continuing military threat, and the rise of Asia has challenged the EU's economic power. But in Embattled Europe, renowned European historian Konrad Jarausch counters the prevailing pessimistic narrative of European obsolescence with a rousing yet realistic defense of the continent—one grounded in a fresh account of its post–1989 history and an intimate understanding of its twentieth-century horrors. An engaging narrative and probing analysis, Embattled Europe tells the story of how the EU emerged as a model of democratic governance and balanced economic growth, adapting to changing times while retaining its value system. The book describes the EU’s admirable approach to the environment, social welfare, immigration, and global competitiveness. And it presents underappreciated European success stories—including Denmark’s transition to a green economy, Sweden’s restructuring of its welfare state, and Poland’s economic miracle. Embattled Europe makes a powerful case that Europe—with its peaceful foreign policy, social welfare solidarity, and environmental protection—offers the best progressive alternative to the military adventurism and rampant inequality of plutocratic capitalism and right-wing authoritarianism.

Author : James Mark,Artemy M. Kalinovsky,Steffi Marung
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253046536

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Alternative Globalizations by James Mark,Artemy M. Kalinovsky,Steffi Marung Pdf

Globalization has become synonymous with the seemingly unfettered spread of capitalist multinationals, but this focus on the West and western economies ignores the wide variety of globalizing projects that sprang up in the socialist world as a consequence of the end of the European empires. This collection is the first to explore alternative forms of globalization across the socialist world during the Cold War. Gathering the work of established and upcoming scholars of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and China, Alternative Globalizations addresses the new relationships and interconnections which emerged between a decolonizing world in the postwar period and an increasingly internationalist eastern bloc after the death of Stalin. In many cases, the legacies of these former globalizing impulses from the socialist world still exist today. Divided into four sections, the works gathered examine the economic, political, developmental, and cultural aspects of this exchange. In doing so, the authors break new ground in exploring this understudied history of globalization and provide a multifaceted study of an increasing postwar interconnectedness across a socialist world.

Author : Gerard Beaur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2503586740

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Alternative Agriculture in Europe (sixteenth-Twentieth Centuries) by Gerard Beaur Pdf

The treatment of long-term agricultural transformation remains a lively topic for historians. Much debate arose when agricultural development patterns were discovered that did without a dominant, production-oriented cereal crop, even when it was accompanied by livestock farming. Joan Thirsk hoped to conclude this debate by putting forward the hypothesis that such "alternative agriculture" was the farmers' way of responding to the difficulties caused by periods of low agricultural prices. This theory stirred up controversy and arguments both for and against.00The contributions to this volume take this hypothesis seriously and attempt to assess its validity. Examining a large number of "alternative agricultures" over the long term, from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, they discuss the issues encountered in tracing the links between the spread of alternative crops, such as fruits and vegetables, flowers, and industrial crops, and the general economic environment, across a vast swathe of territory stretching from Flanders to Spain and from France, through Italy and Switzerland, as far as Russia.

Author : Elemér Hankiss
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Europe, Eastern
ISBN : UCAL:B4967761

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East European Alternatives by Elemér Hankiss Pdf

This text asks whether Eastern European societies can escape from the grip of totalitarian domination, and build up Western democratic systems. The author describes recent events in Hungary and compares them with those in other East European countries, before suggesting policies for the future.

Author : Detlef Van Vuuren
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Energy policy
ISBN : 9789280719550

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GEO-2000 Alternative Policy Study for Europe and Central Asia by Detlef Van Vuuren Pdf

The Global Environment Outlook (GEO-2000) explores alternative policy options for Europe and Central Asia focuses on energy use as an important driver for environmental problems across the region. It considers the question of what can be achieved by moderate measures, and whether this will be enough. The report includes an outline of the methodology for all region-specific studies on alternative policies for GEO-2000.

Author : Guy Van Gyes ,Thorsten Schulten
Publisher : ETUI
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Collective bargaining
ISBN : 9782874523731

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Wage bargaining under the new European Economic Governance by Guy Van Gyes ,Thorsten Schulten Pdf

Within the framework of the new European economic governance, neoliberal views on wages have further increased in prominence and have steered various reforms of collective bargaining rules and practices. As the crisis in Europe came to be largely interpreted as a crisis of competitiveness, wages were seen as the core adjustment variable for ‘internal devaluation’, the claim being that competitiveness could be restored through a reduction of labour costs. This book proposes an alternative view according to which wage developments need to be strengthened through a Europe-wide coordinated reconstruction of collective bargaining as a precondition for more sustainable and more inclusive growth in Europe. It contains major research findings from the CAWIE2 – Collectively Agreed Wages in Europe – project, conducted in 2014–2015 for the purpose of discussing and debating the currently dominant policy perspectives on collectively-bargained wage systems under the new European economic governance.

Author : Andrzej Siciński,Monica Wemegah
Publisher : United Nations University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 9280804596

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Alternative Ways of Life in Contemporary Europe by Andrzej Siciński,Monica Wemegah Pdf

references throughout; part of the Goals, processes and indicators of development project

Author : Konrad H. Jarausch
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691200415

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Embattled Europe by Konrad H. Jarausch Pdf

Peaceful Revolution -- Post-Communist Transformation -- European Integration -- Sovereign Debt Debacle -- Migration Wave -- Brexit Self-Destruction -- Economic Competitiveness -- Restructured Welfare State -- Protected Environment -- Defense Disagreements -- Populist Backlash -- Global Role.

Author : Penny Kemp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008730298

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Europe's Green Alternative by Penny Kemp Pdf

Milieu-activisten analyseren de staat waarin de wereld nu verkeert en stellen oplossingen voor de huidige problemen.

Author : Vessela S. Warner,Diana Manole
Publisher : Studies Theatre Hist & Culture
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781609386771

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Staging Postcommunism by Vessela S. Warner,Diana Manole Pdf

This collection investigates the ways in which postcommunist alternative theatre negotiated and embodied change not only locally but globally as well.

Author : Lodewijk Van Setten,Danny Busch
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199657726

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Alternative Investment Funds in Europe by Lodewijk Van Setten,Danny Busch Pdf

The first detailed analysis of the legal and practical implications of the AIFMD at regional and national level.

Author : Oswald Mosley
Publisher : Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, [19--]
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015008630611

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The Alternative by Oswald Mosley Pdf