Social Engineering In Central And South East Europe In The Twentieth Century Reconsidered

Author : Piotr Madajczyk,Grzegorz Motyka,Wanda Jarząbek,Mariusz Zajączkowski,Tomasz Stryjek,Joanna Szymoniczek
Publisher : Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9788365972262

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Social Engineering in Central and South-East Europe in the Twentieth Century Reconsidered by Piotr Madajczyk,Grzegorz Motyka,Wanda Jarząbek,Mariusz Zajączkowski,Tomasz Stryjek,Joanna Szymoniczek Pdf

The book is the result of the National Science Centre’s project entitled ‘Social engineering. Projects of nation-state building and their representation in historiography and historical memory: Croatia, Germany, Poland and Ukraine in the twentieth century’. The project was conducted at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN). The aim of the participants in the project, developed jointly by the Department of German Studies and the Department of History of Eastern Territories, was to provide a broad perspective on nation-building processes in Central Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and to determine the place of projects on population policy (social engineering) in these processes. The authors also analyse the role of the memory of these projects in developing nation states in this region of Europe in the second half of the twentieth century and contemporary times. The subjects analysed cover a broad spectrum of issues related to the emergence of modern states, demography, eugenics, racial hygiene, statistics, geography and specific policies – from supporting the birth of preferred groups to genocide. The book concerns both the development of modern societies and the problems of nationalism, racial ideology and the idea of ‘the body of the nation’.

Author : Aleksander Manterys,Bogdan W. Mach,Ireneusz Sadowski
Publisher : Institute of Political Studies Polish Academy of Sciences
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788365972347

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Individuals and Their Social Contexts by Aleksander Manterys,Bogdan W. Mach,Ireneusz Sadowski Pdf

Author : John T Ishiyama,Marijke Breuning
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 937 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781412969017

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21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook by John T Ishiyama,Marijke Breuning Pdf

This volume, meant to be the first in a series of catalogues documenting the Barnes Foundation's entire holdings, is the first major survey of the Barnes Collection since Great French Paintings from the Barnes Foundation: Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Early Modern (CH, Oct'93, 31-0715). Wattenmaker, a former student and instructor at the Barnes Foundation and former director of the Archives of American Art, is more than qualified to complete such a scholarly work. Beginning the catalogue with an essay on Barnes himself, Wattenmaker apparently felt compelled to defend the reputation of this irascible and sometimes antagonistic individual by deploying extensive quotations (from hitherto inaccessible archival documentation) that shed light on Barnes's motives. Next are in-depth essays on William J. Glackens, Alfred Maurer, and others who have major works in the Barnes Foundation. The final section, "Additional Works by American Artists," is organized alphabetically. Each image is accompanied by extensive scholarly footnotes. The photographs are richly textured. The few photographs of the paintings hanging in situ provide a teasing glimpse into the experience of the visitor to Merion, Pennsylvania, the original home of this collection (soon to be closed to the public, in preparation for the museum's move to a new building in Philadelphia). Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers. Lower-division Undergraduates; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students; Researchers/Faculty. Reviewed by K. Mason.

Author : Obie Clayton
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996-03-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780871541574

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An American Dilemma Revisited by Obie Clayton Pdf

A study examining research and development projects and capital improvements, and changes in productivity and profitability in selected American manufacturing industries and companies from 1980 to 1989. Special attention is given to the effects of substantial investment increases on productivity and profitability changes. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Victor Neumann
Publisher : Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1785511866

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The Temptation of Homo Europaeus by Victor Neumann Pdf

The Renaissance, the Reformation, the Enlightenment - these seismic developments in Western thought were not confined to Italy and her near neighbours, but were paralleled across the vast and culturally diverse territory stretching from Vienna to Constantinople. Drawing on an array of sources, many of which were little-known before he made this ground-breaking study, Victor Neumann charts the development of Eastern European thought and its literary and artistic expression from the Middle Ages to the modern age. First published, to great acclaim in Romania in 1991, this newly revised, updated and illustrated edition has been published as Neumann's home city of Timiosara prepares to receive visitors from across the world as European Capital of Culture, and at a time when the question of what it means to be European is being debated more than ever. AUTHOR: Victor Neumann is a Romanian historian, political analyst, and professor at the West University in Timisoara. He is a well-known specialist in the recent cultural and intellectual histories of Eastern and Central Europe. Much of his work deals with Conceptual History, Jewish-Romanian history, the history of anti-semitism, as well as various topics connected with nationalism. Since 2013 he has been Director of the Timisoara Museum of Arts. SELLING POINTS: * A newly illustrated and revised edition of Victor Neumann's ground-breaking study into the development of Eastern European thought * Given new relevance by the current debate surrounding European identity * Published as part of the build-up to Timisoara's appointment as European Capital of Culture in 2021

Author : Henrike Donner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136513398

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Being Middle-class in India by Henrike Donner Pdf

Hailed as the beneficiary, driving force and result of globalisation, India’s middle-class is puzzling in its diversity, as a multitude of traditions, social formations and political constellations manifest contribute to this project. This book looks at Indian middle-class lifestyles through a number of case studies, ranging from a historical account detailing the making of a savvy middle-class consumer in the late colonial period, to saving clubs among women in Delhi’s upmarket colonies and the dilemmas of entrepreneurial families in Tamil Nadu’s industrial towns. The book pays tribute to the diversity of regional, caste, rural and urban origins that shape middle- class lifestyles in contemporary India and highlights common themes, such as the quest for upward mobility, common consumption practices, the importance of family values, gender relations and educational trajectories. It unpacks the notion that the Indian middle-class can be understood in terms of public performances, surveys and economic markers, and emphasises how the study of middle-class culture needs to be based on detailed studies, as everyday practices and private lives create the distinctive sub-cultures and cultural politics that characterise the Indian middle class today. With its focus on private domains middleclassness appears as a carefully orchestrated and complex way of life and presents a fascinating way to understand South Asian cultures and communities through the prism of social class.

Author : Devrim Adam Yavuz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755648979

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Democracy and Capitalism in Turkey by Devrim Adam Yavuz Pdf

While a positive correlation between capitalism and democracy has existed in Western Europe and North America, the example of late-industrializing nations such as Turkey has demonstrated that the two need not always go hand in hand, and sometimes the interests of business coincide more firmly with anti-democratic forces. This book explores the factors that compelled capitalists in Turkey to adopt a more pro-democratic ideology by examining a leading Turkish business lobby (TÜSIAD) which has been pushing for democratic reform since the 1990s, despite representing some of the largest corporation owners in Turkey and having supported the state's authoritarian tendencies in the past such as the military coup of 1980. Drawing on roughly 70 interviews with influential members of TÜSIAD and individuals close to them, the book reveals that business leaders were willing to break away from the state due to the conflict between their evolving economic needs and power with a political elite and state that were unwilling to cater to their demands. In so doing, the book provides a rich account of business-state relations in Turkey as well as providing a case study for the wider study of democracy and capitalism in developing nations.

Author : M. Anne Pitcher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139434942

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Transforming Mozambique by M. Anne Pitcher Pdf

Many of the economic transformations in Africa have been as dramatic as those in Eastern Europe. Yet much of the comparative literature on transitions has overlooked African countries. This 2002 study of Mozambique's shift from a command to a market economy draws on a wealth of empirical material, including archival sources, interviews, political posters and corporate advertisements, to reveal that the state is a central actor in the reform process, despite the claims of neo-liberals and their critics. Alongside the state, social forces - from World Bank officials to rural smallholders - have also accelerated, thwarted or shaped change in Mozambique. M. Anne Pitcher offers an intriguing analysis of the dynamic interaction between previous and emerging agents, ideas and institutions, to explain the erosion of socialism and the politics of privatization in a developing country. She demonstrates that Mozambique's political economy is a heterogenous blend of ideological and institutional continuities and ruptures.

Author : Matthijs Bogaards,Matthias Basedau,Christof Hartmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317981442

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Ethnic Party Bans in Africa by Matthijs Bogaards,Matthias Basedau,Christof Hartmann Pdf

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the spread of democracy since the 1990s has been accompanied by the proliferation of bans on ethnic political parties. A majority of constitutions in the region explicitly prohibit political parties to organize on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, region and other socio-cultural attributes. More than a hundred political parties have been dissolved, suspended or denied registration on these grounds. This book documents the experience with ethnic party bans in Africa, traces its origins, examines its record, and answers the question whether ethnic party bans are an effective and legitimate instrument in the prevention of ethnic conflict. This book was published as a special issue of Democratization.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Education
ISBN : IND:30000098626686

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Vladimir Tismaneanu,Bogdan Iacob
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633860922

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Remembrance, History, and Justice by Vladimir Tismaneanu,Bogdan Iacob Pdf

The twentieth century has left behind a painful and complicated legacy of massive trauma, monstrous crimes, radical social engineering, creating collective/individual guilt syndromes that were often specters haunting the process of democratization in the various societies that have emerged out of these profoundly de-structuring contexts, such as Germany, Romania, Russia and others.

Author : Anna-Katharina Wöbse,Patrick Kupper
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110665789

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Greening Europe by Anna-Katharina Wöbse,Patrick Kupper Pdf

Today, the environment seems omnipresent in European policy within and beyond the European Union. The idea of a shared European environment, however, has come a long way and is still being contested. Greening Europe focuses on the many ways people have interacted with nature and made it an issue of European concern. The authors ask how notions of Europe mattered in these activities and they expose the many entanglements of activists across the subcontinent who set out to connect and network, and to exchange knowledge, worldviews, and strategies that exceeded their national horizons. Moving beyond human agency, the handbook also highlights the eminent role nature played in both "greening" Europe and making Europe a shared environment.

Author : Tom Nairn
Publisher : Verso
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1859841945

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Faces of Nationalism by Tom Nairn Pdf

In "The Modern Janus", Nairn argued for the democratic necessity of nationalism in the modern world. In this work, he addresses the subsequent upheavals caused by nationalism

Author : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Page : 882 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781625131034

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Britannica Book of the Year 2013 by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Pdf

The Britannica Book of the Year 2013 provides a valuable viewpoint of the people and events that shaped the year and serves as a great reference source for the latest news on the ever changing populations, governments, and economies throughout the world. It is an accurate and comprehensive reference that you will reach for again and again.

Author : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615355006

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Britannica Book of the Year 2011 by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Pdf

The Britannica Book fo the Year 2011 provides a valuable viewpoint on the people and events that shaped the year. In addition to keeping the Encyclopaedia Britannica updated, it serves as a great reference source for the latest news on the ever-changing populations, governments, and economies throughout the world.