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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...
The Mainstreaming of the Extreme Right in France and Australia
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95This compelling study on the rise of right-wing parties in two countries with different histories but similar experiences of how mainstream parties campaigned and reacted to the changing political landscape presents a fascinating comparison of the history and political impact of ethno-exclusivist and right-wing populist politics in liberal democracies.... more...
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...
The Aesthetics of Hate
Stanford University Press 2012; US$ 65.00The Aesthetics of Hate examines the writings of a motley collection of interwar far-right intellectuals, showing that they defined Frenchness in racial, gendered, and sexual terms. A broad, ambitious cultural and intellectual history, the book offers a provocative reinterpretation of a topic that has long been the subject of controversy. In works... more...
Zwischen Militanz und Bürgerlichkeit
Hamburger Edition HIS 2012; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung Fremdenfeindliche und rechtsextrem motivierte Gewalttaten gehören heute in vielen Regionen Deutschlands zum Alltag. Auflehnung, Aktivismus und eine gewalttätige Aura sind Kennzeichen der rechtsextremen Szene. Obwohl Rechtsextremismus in der Öffentlichkeit zu Recht mit Gewalt gleichgesetzt wird, haben sich diese Gruppen in den letzten... 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...
Revolutions in Development Inquiry
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 19.95Robert Chambers returns with a new book that reviews, together for the first time, some of the revolutionary changes in the methodologies and methods of development inquiry that have occurred in the past forty years, and reflects on their transformative potential for the future. This book breaks new ground by describing and analysing the evolution... more...
Fire and Flames
PM Press 2012; US$ 11.99Translated for the first time into English, the history of the German autonomous anticapitalist movement is traced back to the 1970s in this firsthand account. Battling police in riot gear, the early members of the autonomous movement used military tactics that included barricading and hurling Molotov cocktails in protest. Dubbed the ?Black Bloc? by... more...









