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Author : Stephen Padgett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1999-12-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521657032
This book examines the emergence of interest groups in post-communist society, an issue central to democratic transformation.
Author : Antonis A. Ellinas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108415149
Using novel data, the book develops a new theory on how European far-right parties establish roots in local societies.
Author : C. Olivo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780312299590
This book examines normative theories of civil society and deliberative democracy by using a case study of the East German 'citizen movements' that led the democratic opposition against the communist regime. These movements espoused political ideals and engaged in public activities with striking affinities to recent normative theoretical conceptions of civil society. Tracing the history of the citizen movements from the 1970s through the 1990s, this study analyzes their attempts to transform German politics through a 'politics of civil society.' This case reveals the democratic potential of civil society theories as well as the obstacles facing the realization of alternative visions of democracy in contemporary liberal democracies.
Author : Ingo Schmidt,Bryan Evans
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781926836874
"Despite the market triumphalism that greeted the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet empire seemed initially to herald new possibilities for social democracy. In the 1990s, with a new era of peace and economic prosperity apparently imminent, people discontented with the realities of global capitalism swept social democrats into power in many Western countries. The resurgence was, however, brief. Neither the recurring economic crises of the 2000s nor the ongoing War on Terror was conducive to social democracy, which soon gave way to a prolonged decline in countries where social democrats had once held power. Arguing that neither globalization nor demographic change was key to the failure of social democracy, the contributors to this volume analyze the rise and decline of Third Way social democracy and seek to lay the groundwork for the reformulation of progressive class politics. Offering a comparative look at social democratic experience since the Cold War, the volume examines countries where social democracy has long been an influential political force--Sweden, Germany, Britain, and Australia--while also considering the history of Canada's NDP, the social democratic tradition in the United States, and the emergence of New Left parties in Germany and the province of Québec. The case studies point to a social democracy that has confirmed its rupture with the postwar order and its role as the primary political representative of workingclass interests. Once marked by redistributive and egalitarian policy perspectives, social democracy has, the book argues, assumed a new role--that of a modernizing force advancing the neoliberal cause." -- Publisher's website.
Author : Mary Fulbrook,Andrew I. Port
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857459756
For roughly the first decade after the demise of the GDR, professional and popular interpretations of East German history concentrated primarily on forms of power and repression, as well as on dissent and resistance to communist rule. Socio-cultural approaches have increasingly shown that a single-minded emphasis on repression and coercion fails to address a number of important historical issues, including those related to the subjective experiences of those who lived under communist regimes. With that in mind, the essays in this volume explore significant physical and psychological aspects of life in the GDR, such as health and diet, leisure and dining, memories of the Nazi past, as well as identity, sports, and experiences of everyday humiliation. Situating the GDR within a broader historical context, they open up new ways of interpreting life behind the Iron Curtain – while providing a devastating critique of misleading mainstream scholarship, which continues to portray the GDR in the restrictive terms of totalitarian theory.
Author : Heather Gumbert
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472119196
The first examination in English of East German television during the early Cold War
Author : Eric Langenbacher
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538146613
This thoroughly revised and updated edition provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary Germany, one of the world’s leading economic and political powers. Tracing the country’s transformation since World War II, the author provides an in-depth guide to Germany’s current institutions, actors, and challenges.
Author : Paul Poast,Johannes Urpelainen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226543512
In the past twenty-five years, a number of countries have made the transition to democracy. The support of international organizations is essential to success on this difficult path. Yet, despite extensive research into the relationship between democratic transitions and membership in international organizations, the mechanisms underlying the relationship remain unclear. With Organizing Democracy, Paul Poast and Johannes Urpelainen argue that leaders of transitional democracies often have to draw on the support of international organizations to provide the public goods and expertise needed to consolidate democratic rule. Looking at the Baltic states’ accession to NATO, Poast and Urpelainen provide a compelling and statistically rigorous account of the sorts of support transitional democracies draw from international institutions. They also show that, in many cases, the leaders of new democracies must actually create new international organizations to better serve their needs, since they may not qualify for help from existing ones.
Author : David P. Conradt,Eric Langenbacher
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442216440
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of The German Polity provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary German politics, focusing especially on the recovery of the economy and Germany's growing power in Europe and beyond. Looking back, David P. Conradt and Eric Langenbacher trace the country's transformation since the seminal turning points of 1945 after World War II and 1990 after reunification. Looking to the present, the authors explain and assess its major institutions, actors, and issues. Looking forward, they explore the looming economic, security, and demographic challenges the political system must address in the years to come.
Author : Dietrich Rueschemeyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317463191
Since Alexis de Tocqueville first made the linkage in his writings on America, a healthy democracy has been associated with the flourishing of civil society, as measured by popular participation in voluntary and civic activities and the vitality of organizations that mediate between the individual and the state. This volume takes a fresh look at this classic theme in the context of post-communist Eastern Europe, the West European welfare states and the United States, asking: what patterns of participation characterize the new democracies of Eastern Europe?; what levels of civic activism are characteristic of contemporary Western democracies?; what factors account for differences among countries and changing patterns over time?; and what do findings suggest about the prospects for democracy in the 21st century?
Author : Marc Morjé Howard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003-03-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521011523
Seeks to explain the weakness of civil society in the countries of post-Communist Europe.
Author : Donatella della Porta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107173712
This book looks at long-term consequences of social movements in times of transition on the quality of democracy in ensuing regimes. It will be useful to students in courses on political sociology, comparative politics, social movements, democratic theory, democratization, and revolution.
Author : Jenny Fairbrass,Alex Warleigh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135356033
Clearly discusses the impact and uses of interest representation in the development of the EU system. * Examines the complexities of representation at EU level, a vital issue for potential lobbyists and interest groups * Charts new trends and issues such as enlargement, Europeanization and Central and Eastern Europe * Contributions by acknowledged experts with a proven track record of research and publication in this field, including seven current and past practitioners of EU politics with experience as lobbyists from either institutional, NGO or corporate perspectives * Places interest representation in its historical and theoretical context.
Author : Jonathan Grix
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1902459202
The 10 essays of this collection are derived from a group of courses developed by the U. of Birmingham's (UK) Institute for German Studies, which is devoted to the social sciences. The essays consider the (British) research methods used for studying issues in Germany by researchers in economics, pol
Author : Stephen Padgett,Thomas Poguntke
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0714652385
Over three decades Gordon Smith has written authoratively and with style on almost every aspect of German politics. In this volume, leading UK and German scholars use themes from his work in an examination of the evolution of German policy in the face of socio-economic change, globalisation, European integration, and the domestic upheaval of unification.