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Recasting East Germany
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 55.95The transformation of east Germany since unification has wrought vast changes in the economy and in society and left deep scars as the types of social protection offered by the centralised socialism of the previous regime gave way to uncertainties and individualised life chances. Social Transformation in Eastern Germany investigates the deep economic... more...
Widerstand.
Duncker & Humblot 2012; US$ 58.24Hauptbeschreibung Neueste Entwicklungen haben das uralte Thema »Widerstand« gegen illegitime Macht wieder aktuell werden lassen. Beispiele sind die Aufstände gegen Diktatoren in Nordafrika und im Nahen Osten. Die 13. Speyerer Demokratietagung behandelte nicht nur den »Königsmord«, sondern auch demokratisch und rechtsstaatlich sublimierte Formen des... more...
Cluster und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Regionen.
Duncker & Humblot 2011; US$ 62.55Hauptbeschreibung Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, so stellen immer mehr Unternehmen fest, hängt in einer globalen Welt zunehmend auch von der Qualität des Umfeldes in der Region ab. Entsprechend kümmern sich wieder mehr Wissenschaftler, Wirtschaftsförderer und Unternehmen um die Region und um die spezifischen Bedingungen des Wachstums in Regionen. Dabei spielt... more...
Nazism and German Society, 1933-1945
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95The image of the Third Reich as a monolithic state presiding over the brainwashed, fanatical masses, retains a tenacious grip on the general public's imagination. However, a growing body of research on the social history of the Nazi years has revealed the variety and complexity of the relationships between the Nazi regime and the German people. This... more...
Authority and Sexuality in Early Modern Burgundy (1550-1730)
Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 124.99This study argues that, in the aftermath of the French religious wars, French authorities sought to create a new order in which prescriptions and the disposition of the body worked to discipline and kept individuals confined within a variety of institutions, from the church to the family. more...
OECD Rural Policy Reviews Germany
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 56.00This review discusses the challenges and opportunities of German rural areas. Significant differences between East and West persist and many of these have clear rural dimensions. Factors such as CAP reforms, ageing of the German population and migration trends will also have important rural implications. Many of these issues involve more than rural... more...
Guy Debord
Reaktion Books 2005; US$ 20.95Andrew Merrifield's Guy Debord is a concise yet comprehensive study of one of the foremost intellectual revolutionaries of the twentieth century. more...
The Political Economy of State-Society Relations in Hungary and Poland
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 87.00This book shows how Hungary and Poland led the transformations that brought down Communism. more...









