Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund

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Format: XX, 403 S. , Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.

ISBN: 0195072197

Content: In 1945, Germany's cities lay in ruins, destroyed by Allied bombers that left major architectural monuments badly damaged and much of the housing stock reduced to rubble. At the war's end, observers thought that it would take forty years to rebuild, but by the late 1950s West Germany's cities had risen anew. The housing crisis had been overcome and virtually all important monuments reconstructed, and the cities had reclaimed their characteristic identities. Everywhere there was a mixture of old and new: historic churches and town halls stood alongside new housing and department stores; ancient street layouts were crossed or circled by wide arteries; old city centers were balanced by garden suburbs laid out according to modern planning principles. In the Wake of War examines the questions raised by this remarkable feat of urban reconstruction. Jeffry M. Diefendorf explains who was primarily responsible for the reconstruction, what accounted for the speed of rebuilding, and how priorities were set and decisions acted upon. He argues that in such crucial areas as architectural style, urban planning, historic preservation, and housing policy, the Germans drew upon personnel, ideas, institutions, and practical experiences from the Nazi and pre-Nazi periods. Diefendorf shows how the rebuilding of West Germany's cities after 1945 can only be understood in terms of long-term continuities in urban development. The first comprehensive book in English on Germany's reconstruction, In the Wake of War examines postwar urban reconstruction from many perspectives, including architecture, historic restoration, housing, town planning and law, and it consistently interprets the features of German reconstruction within the context of continuous developments in these areas since the 1920s. This study will appeal to architects and urban planners as well as historians.

Language: English

Subjects: History , Art History

Keywords: Deutschland ; Städtebau ; Geschichte 1945-1960 ; Deutschland ; Stadt ; Wiederaufbau ; Geschichte 1945-1960 ; Deutschland ; Wiederaufbau ; Stadt ; Geschichte 1945-1960 ; Deutschland ; Städtebau ; Geschichte 1945-1960 ; Deutschland ; Wiederaufbau ; Städtebau ; Geschichte 1945-1951 ; Deutschland ; Wiederaufbau ; Stadtplanung ; Geschichte 1945-1951 ; architektur / moderne ; bauhaus ; de stijl ; Deutscher Werkbund 〈Künstlervereinigung〉 ; gartenstadt

URL: Verlagsangaben

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0603/92028145-d.html

Author information: Diefendorf, Jeffry M. 1945-

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Format: xiv, 365 Seiten

ISBN: 9780822354871 , 9780822355038

Series Statement: Social text books

Note: Literaturverz. S. [313] - 347 , Includes bibliographical references and index

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-8223-7754-2

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-8223-7754-2

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science , Geography , Ethnology , Sociology

Keywords: Grenze ; Grenzgebiet ; Globalisierung ; Arbeit ; Migration

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: https://www.dukeupress.edu/Border-as-Method-or-the-Multiplication-of-Labor/

Author information: Mezzadra, Sandro 1963-

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Format: XII, 309 S. , graph. Darst.

ISBN: 069101177X , 0691011761 , 9780691011769

Content: Interests, Institutions, and Information examines the central factors that influence the strategic game of domestic politics. It shows that it is the outcome of this internal game - not fears of other countries' relative gains or the likelihood of cheating - that ultimately shapes how the international game is played out and therefore the extent of cooperative endeavors. The interaction of the domestic actors' preferences, given their political institutions and levels of information, defines when international cooperation is possible and what its terms will be. Several test cases examine how this argument explains the phases of a cooperative attempt: the initiation, the negotiations at the international level, and the eventual domestic ratification. The book reaches the surprising conclusion that theorists - neo-Institutionalists and Realists alike - have overestimated the likelihood of cooperation among states.

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: Nationalstaat ; Internationale Politik ; Internationale Politik ; Theorie ; Interessenpolitik ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Fallstudiensammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

URL: Book review (H-Net)

URL: Table of contents

URL: Publisher description

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Book review (H-Net)

URL: Table of contents

URL: Publisher description

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b1x4-aa

URL: Verlagsangaben

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: xvi, 360 Seiten , Illustrationen , 25 cm

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 9780198836070 , 9780198836063

Content: "From videos of rights violations, to satellite images of environmental degradation, to eyewitness accounts disseminated on social media, human rights practitioners have access to more data today than ever before. To say that mobile technologies, social media, and increased connectivity are having a significant impact on human rights practice would be an understatement. Modern technology (and the enhanced access it provides to information about abuse) has the potential to revolutionize human rights reporting and documentation, as well as the pursuit of legal accountability. However, these new methods for information gathering and dissemination have also created significant challenges for investigators and researchers. For example, videos and photographs depicting alleged human rights violations or war crimes are often captured on the mobile phones of victims or political sympathizers. The capture and dissemination of content often happens haphazardly, and for a variety of motivations, including raising awareness of the plight of those who have been most affected, or for advocacy purposes with the goal of mobilizing international public opinion. For this content to be of use to investigators it must be discovered, verified, and authenticated. Discovery, verification, and authentication have, therefore, become critical skills for human rights organizations and human rights lawyers. This book is the first to cover the history, ethics, methods, and best-practice associated with open source research. It is intended to equip the next generation of lawyers, journalists, sociologists, data scientists, other human rights activists, and researchers with the cutting-edge skills needed to work in an increasingly digitized, and information-saturated environment"--Publisher's website

Note: Emergence of digital witnesses , Open source investigation for human rights reporting : a brief history , Open source evidence and human rights cases : a modern social history , Prosecuting atrocity crimes with open source evidence : lessons from the international criminal court , Open source investigations and the technology-driven knowledge controversy in human rights fact-finding , Open source investigations for human rights : current and future challenges , How to conduct discovery using open source methods , How to preserve open source information effectively , Targeted mass archiving of open source information : a case study , How to verify and authenticate user-generated content , The role and use of satellite imagery for human rights investigations , Ethics in open source investigations , Digital human rights investigations : vicarious trauma, PTSD, and tactics for resilience , Open source investigations : understanding digital threats, risks, and harms , Open source information : part of the puzzle , Open source investigations for legal accountability : challenges and best practices

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe

Language: English

Subjects: Law

Keywords: Menschenrechtsverletzung ; Informationsquelle ; Soziales Netzwerk

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: XII, 197 S.

ISBN: 0691016828 , 069101681X

Series Statement: Princeton studies in culture, power, history

Content: "As new states in the former East bloc begin to reckon with their criminal pasts in the years following a revolutionary change of regimes, a basic pattern emerges: In those states where some form of retributive justice has been publicly enacted, there has generally been much less of a recourse to collective retributive violence. In Settling Accounts, John Borneman explores the attempts by these aspiring democratic states to invoke the principles of the "rule of law" as a means of achieving retributive justice, that is, convicting wrongdoers and restoring dignity to victims of moral injuries. Democratic regimes, Borneman maintains, require a strict form of accountability that holds leaders responsible for acts of criminality. This accountability is embodied in the principles of the rule of law, and retribution is at the moral center of these principles. Drawing from his ethnographic work in the former East Germany and with select comparisons to other East-Central European states, Borneman critically examines the construction of categories of criminality. He argues against the claims that economic growth, liberal democracy, or acts of reconciliation are adequate means to legitimate the transformed East bloc states. The cycles of violence in states lacking a system of retributive justice help to support this claim. Invocation of the principles of the rule of law must be seen as a chance for a more democratic, more accountable, and less violent world." -- Book cover.

Language: English

Subjects: History , Political Science , Law , Ethnology

Keywords: Wiedervereinigung ; Vergangenheitsbewältigung ; Gerechtigkeit ; Osteuropa ; Demokratisierung ; Politische Verantwortung

URL: Table of contents

URL: Publisher description

URL: Table of contents

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URL: Verlagsangaben

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin031/97012041.html

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin021/97012041.html

Author information: Borneman, John 1952-

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Format: 384 Seiten , Illustrationen

ISBN: 9783035805062

Series Statement: Critical stances

Content: What forms does withdrawal—meaning either that which withdraws itself or which is being withdrawn—take in artistic and cultural practices? What movement(s) does it create or follow in specific contexts, and with what theoretical, material, and political consequences? The contributors of this book address these questions in a variety of writing practices, each focusing on specific scenes. These scenes are organized under three parts that structure the chapters: Passivity, Failure, and Refusal; Disappearance and Remembrance; Resilience and Resistance. Through interviews, artistic and literary texts, visual contributions, and academic texts, the authors explore various modalities of withdrawal ranging from a silencing of critical voices to a political and aesthetic strategy of refusal. The enforced disappearance of government opponents, for instance, may be implemented as a means of state violence, but withdrawing may also mean the decision not to participate in such violence, either through forms of passivity or refusal. Moreover, in the neoliberal logic of resilience, the relationship between subjective agency and imposition from the outside remains tense. The aim of this book is to tackle these tensions, as well as the ambiguities and complexities of withdrawal.

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Kunst ; Ästhetik ; Philosophie ; Passivität ; Versagen ; Verweigerung ; Aufsatzsammlung

Author information: Walton-Jordan, Ulrike 1962-

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Format: 1 CD-ROM , Beih., User's guide und Security plug ; in Behältnis 29 x 23 x 5 cm oder 19 x 14 x 2 cm , 12 cm

Edition: CD-ROM ed., Version 1.0

ISBN: 9650706658

Note: Systemvoraussetzungen: PC compatible with 486 (minimum) double speed CD-ROM drive, an SVGA resolution monitor with 256 colors or higher and a mouse; Microsoft Windows 3.x or Windows 95; 4 MB of RAM (minimum); 10 MB of hard disk space; a sound card and speakers are required in order to hear audio recordings

Language: English

Subjects: Theology

Keywords: Judentum ; Wörterbuch ; CD-ROM ; Jüdische Kunst

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Format: X, 272 S. , Ill., graph. Darst, Kt.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0801438446

Content: "How do peasants come to think of themselves as members of a nation? The widely accepted argument is that national sentiment originates among intellectuals or urban middle classes, then trickles down to the working class and peasants. Keely Stauter-Halsted argues that such models overlook the independent contribution of peasant societies. She explores the complex case of the Polish peasants of Austrian Galicia, from the 1848 emancipation of the serfs to the eve of the First World War." "In the years immediately after emancipation, Polish-speaking peasants were more apt to identify with the Austrian emperor and the Catholic Church than with their Polish lords or the middle classes of the Galician capital, Cracow. Yet by the end of the century, Polish-speaking peasants would cheer, "Long live Poland" and celebrate the centennial of the peasant-fueled insurrection in defense of Polish independence." "The explanation for this shift, Stauter-Halsted says, is the symbiosis that developed between peasant elites and upper-class reformers. She reconstructs this difficult, halting process, paying particular attention to public life and conflicts within the rural communities themselves. The author's approach is at once comparative and interdisciplinary, drawing from literature on national identity formation in Latin America, China, and Western Europe. The Nation in the Village combines anthropology, sociology, and literary criticism with economic, social, cultural, and political history."--BOOK JACKET.

Language: English

Subjects: History

Keywords: Galizien ; Bauer ; Politische Organisation ; Geschichte 1848-1914 ; Österreich-Ungarn ; Politische Identität ; Nationalitätenfrage ; Polen ; Geschichte 1848-1914 ; Galizien ; Polen ; Bauer ; Nationalbewusstsein ; Politisches Handeln

URL: Book review (H-Net)

URL: Book review (H-Net)

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Format: X, 243 S.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 9781137277190

Series Statement: Asia today

Note: "The role of political parties in a democracy is often under scrutiny. Rhetoric crying for more effective or reflective or representative democracy often lacks data to back up its claims. This book provides readers with a wealth of empirical detail: a refreshing and meticulous examination of political parties in ten democracies in Western Europe and East and Southeast Asia. It aims at providing skeptics and supporters of political parties alike with down-to-earth empirical realities. It is a must-read for everyone interested in the future of political parties and democracy in a century of globalization"-- Provided by publisher.

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

Keywords: Westeuropa ; Südostasien ; Japan ; Partei ; Demokratie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung

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URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: xiv, 285 Seiten , 25 cm

ISBN: 9781788738804

Content: How Google, Facebook and Amazon threaten our Democracy. What is the impact of surveillance capitalism on our right to free speech? The Internet once promised to be a place of extraordinary freedom beyond the control of money or politics, but today corporations and platforms exercise more control over our ability to access information and share knowledge to a greater extent than any state. From the online calls to arms in the thick of the Arab Spring to the contemporary front line of misinformation, Jillian York charts the war over our digital rights. She looks at both how the big corporations have become unaccountable censors, and the devastating impact it has had on those who have been censored. In Silicon Values, leading campaigner Jillian York, looks at how our rights have become increasingly undermined by the major corporations desire to harvest our personal data and turn it into profit. She also looks at how governments have used the same technology to monitor citizens and threatened our ability to communicate. As a result our daily lives, and private thoughts, are being policed in an unprecedented manner. Who decides the difference between political debate and hate speech? How does this impact on our identity, our ability to create communities and to protest? Who regulates the censors? In response to this threat to our democracy, York proposes a user-powered movement against the platforms to recover ownership of the information describing our existence

Note: 1. The new gatekeepers -- 2. Offline repression is replicated online -- 3. Social media revolutionaries -- 4. Profit over people -- 5. Extremism calls for extreme measures -- 6. Twenty-first-century Victorians -- 7. The war on sex -- 8. From humans to machines -- 9. The virality of hate -- 10. The future is ours to write

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, UK ebook ISBN 978-1-78873-883-5

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, US ebook ISBN 978-1-78873-882-8

Language: English

Subjects: Sociology

Keywords: Social Media ; Zensur ; Redefreiheit ; Meinungsfreiheit ; Political Science

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis