Author: Annette Knecht
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : de
Pages : 500
Book Description
Der Geheimbund «Afrikaner Broederbond» wurde 1918 in Südafrika gegründet. Obwohl er sich als Kulturorganisation für Afrikaaner (Buren) definierte, entwickelte er sich rasch zu einem politisch einflussreichen Akteur. Durch die Unterstützung der Apartheidregierungen und seine strikte Geheimhaltung verfestigte sich die Perzeption des Afrikaner Broederbonds als «Dämon der Apartheid». Als Akteur des Transformationsprozesses in Südafrika wurde er bisher nicht wahrgenommen. Dieses Buch ist die erste Gesamtstudie über die Historie des Afrikaner Broederbonds, die dessen ideologischen Wandlungsprozess in den Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung stellt. Auf der Grundlage der Transitionsforschung wird dessen Rolle als Akteur im Demokratisierungsprozess Südafrikas analysiert. Die Studie basiert auf erstmals zugänglichen Dokumenten des Broederbond-Archivs und zahlreichen Interviews der Autorin mit führenden AB-Mitgliedern und Politikern der Apartheidzeit. Mit Blick auf die Zukunft der Afrikaaner wird die abschließende Frage aufgeworfen, welche Rolle die Nachfolgeorganisation Afrikanerbond im «neuen» Südafrika spielen kann.
Ein Geheimbund als Akteur des Wandels
Author: Annette Knecht
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : de
Pages : 500
Book Description
Der Geheimbund «Afrikaner Broederbond» wurde 1918 in Südafrika gegründet. Obwohl er sich als Kulturorganisation für Afrikaaner (Buren) definierte, entwickelte er sich rasch zu einem politisch einflussreichen Akteur. Durch die Unterstützung der Apartheidregierungen und seine strikte Geheimhaltung verfestigte sich die Perzeption des Afrikaner Broederbonds als «Dämon der Apartheid». Als Akteur des Transformationsprozesses in Südafrika wurde er bisher nicht wahrgenommen. Dieses Buch ist die erste Gesamtstudie über die Historie des Afrikaner Broederbonds, die dessen ideologischen Wandlungsprozess in den Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung stellt. Auf der Grundlage der Transitionsforschung wird dessen Rolle als Akteur im Demokratisierungsprozess Südafrikas analysiert. Die Studie basiert auf erstmals zugänglichen Dokumenten des Broederbond-Archivs und zahlreichen Interviews der Autorin mit führenden AB-Mitgliedern und Politikern der Apartheidzeit. Mit Blick auf die Zukunft der Afrikaaner wird die abschließende Frage aufgeworfen, welche Rolle die Nachfolgeorganisation Afrikanerbond im «neuen» Südafrika spielen kann.
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : de
Pages : 500
Book Description
Der Geheimbund «Afrikaner Broederbond» wurde 1918 in Südafrika gegründet. Obwohl er sich als Kulturorganisation für Afrikaaner (Buren) definierte, entwickelte er sich rasch zu einem politisch einflussreichen Akteur. Durch die Unterstützung der Apartheidregierungen und seine strikte Geheimhaltung verfestigte sich die Perzeption des Afrikaner Broederbonds als «Dämon der Apartheid». Als Akteur des Transformationsprozesses in Südafrika wurde er bisher nicht wahrgenommen. Dieses Buch ist die erste Gesamtstudie über die Historie des Afrikaner Broederbonds, die dessen ideologischen Wandlungsprozess in den Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung stellt. Auf der Grundlage der Transitionsforschung wird dessen Rolle als Akteur im Demokratisierungsprozess Südafrikas analysiert. Die Studie basiert auf erstmals zugänglichen Dokumenten des Broederbond-Archivs und zahlreichen Interviews der Autorin mit führenden AB-Mitgliedern und Politikern der Apartheidzeit. Mit Blick auf die Zukunft der Afrikaaner wird die abschließende Frage aufgeworfen, welche Rolle die Nachfolgeorganisation Afrikanerbond im «neuen» Südafrika spielen kann.
African Politics
Author: Joelien Pretorius
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN: 9780702177361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In 1991 Samuel Huntington published "The Third Wave: Democratisation in the Late Twentieth Century". The book informed much of the scholarly work on democratisation in Africa. Although comprehensive in classifying the causes and limitations of transitions to democracy, "The Third Wave" was also limited in its definition of democracy and expectations of a new democracy. This volume engages with the topics of democracy and democratisation in contemporary African politics at the local, national and continental level. It acknowledges a conceptual debt to Huntington when discussing elections, party systems, leadership and the development of continental norms of liberal democracy, but also highlights new conversations (eg: about participatory spaces) that go beyond the Third Wave.
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN: 9780702177361
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In 1991 Samuel Huntington published "The Third Wave: Democratisation in the Late Twentieth Century". The book informed much of the scholarly work on democratisation in Africa. Although comprehensive in classifying the causes and limitations of transitions to democracy, "The Third Wave" was also limited in its definition of democracy and expectations of a new democracy. This volume engages with the topics of democracy and democratisation in contemporary African politics at the local, national and continental level. It acknowledges a conceptual debt to Huntington when discussing elections, party systems, leadership and the development of continental norms of liberal democracy, but also highlights new conversations (eg: about participatory spaces) that go beyond the Third Wave.
Racial Integration in the Church of Apartheid
Author: Marthe Hesselmans
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004385010
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In Racial Integration in the Church of Apartheid Marthe Hesselmans uncovers the post-apartheid transformation of South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church. This church once constituted the religious pillar of the Afrikaner apartheid regime (1948-1994). Today, it seeks to unite the communities it long segregated into one multiracial institution. Few believe this will succeed. A close look inside congregations reveals unexpected stories of reconciliation though. Where South Africans realize they need each other to survive, faith offers common ground – albeit a feeble one. They show the potential, but also the limits of faith communities untangling entrenched national and racial affiliations. Linking South Africa’s post-apartheid transition to religious-nationalist movements worldwide, Hesselmans offers a unique perspective on religion as source of division and healing.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004385010
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
In Racial Integration in the Church of Apartheid Marthe Hesselmans uncovers the post-apartheid transformation of South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church. This church once constituted the religious pillar of the Afrikaner apartheid regime (1948-1994). Today, it seeks to unite the communities it long segregated into one multiracial institution. Few believe this will succeed. A close look inside congregations reveals unexpected stories of reconciliation though. Where South Africans realize they need each other to survive, faith offers common ground – albeit a feeble one. They show the potential, but also the limits of faith communities untangling entrenched national and racial affiliations. Linking South Africa’s post-apartheid transition to religious-nationalist movements worldwide, Hesselmans offers a unique perspective on religion as source of division and healing.
Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies
Author: William A. Maloney
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134128916
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This unique book offers an empirical assessment of how social and political involvement relates to theories of citizenship and democracy and is a companion volume to Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134128916
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
This unique book offers an empirical assessment of how social and political involvement relates to theories of citizenship and democracy and is a companion volume to Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies.
Imagining Far-right Terrorism
Author: Josefin Graef
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000534995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Imagining Far-right Terrorism explores far-right terrorism as an object of the narrative imagination in contemporary Western Europe. Western European societies are generally reluctant to think of far-right and racist violence as terrorism, but the reasons for this remain little understood. This book focuses on the extraordinarily complex case of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) in Germany, and high-profile instances of racist violence in Sweden and Norway. The author analyses the narratives surrounding far-right and racist violence, drawing on a broad range of empirical sources. Her account attributes the limits of imagining violence as far-right terrorism to elite practices of narrative control that maintain positive images of the liberal-democratic order in counterpoint to its two constitutive "others" – the far-right and racialised minorities. Situated broadly within the scholarly tradition of critical terrorism studies, the book breaks new ground in research on far-right terrorism by following its narrative traces across time, public spaces of contestation, and national borders. It also draws on material and findings originally written in German, Swedish, and Norwegian, which were previously not available in English. This much-needed volume will be of particular interest to students and researchers of terrorism and political violence, right-wing extremism, European politics, and communication studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000534995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Imagining Far-right Terrorism explores far-right terrorism as an object of the narrative imagination in contemporary Western Europe. Western European societies are generally reluctant to think of far-right and racist violence as terrorism, but the reasons for this remain little understood. This book focuses on the extraordinarily complex case of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) in Germany, and high-profile instances of racist violence in Sweden and Norway. The author analyses the narratives surrounding far-right and racist violence, drawing on a broad range of empirical sources. Her account attributes the limits of imagining violence as far-right terrorism to elite practices of narrative control that maintain positive images of the liberal-democratic order in counterpoint to its two constitutive "others" – the far-right and racialised minorities. Situated broadly within the scholarly tradition of critical terrorism studies, the book breaks new ground in research on far-right terrorism by following its narrative traces across time, public spaces of contestation, and national borders. It also draws on material and findings originally written in German, Swedish, and Norwegian, which were previously not available in English. This much-needed volume will be of particular interest to students and researchers of terrorism and political violence, right-wing extremism, European politics, and communication studies.
Distributed Objects
Author: Liana Chua
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857457438
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
One of the most influential anthropological works of the last two decades, Alfred Gell’s Art and Agency is a provocative and ambitious work that both challenged and reshaped anthropological understandings of art, agency, creativity and the social. It has become a touchstone in contemporary artifact-based scholarship. This volume brings together leading anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians and other scholars into an interdisciplinary dialogue with Art and Agency, generating a timely re-engagement with the themes, issues and arguments at the heart of Gell’s work, which remains salient, and controversial, in the social sciences and humanities. Extending his theory into new territory – from music to literary technology and ontology to technological change – the contributors do not simply take stock, but also provoke, critically reassessing this important work while using it to challenge conceptual and disciplinary boundaries.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857457438
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
One of the most influential anthropological works of the last two decades, Alfred Gell’s Art and Agency is a provocative and ambitious work that both challenged and reshaped anthropological understandings of art, agency, creativity and the social. It has become a touchstone in contemporary artifact-based scholarship. This volume brings together leading anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians and other scholars into an interdisciplinary dialogue with Art and Agency, generating a timely re-engagement with the themes, issues and arguments at the heart of Gell’s work, which remains salient, and controversial, in the social sciences and humanities. Extending his theory into new territory – from music to literary technology and ontology to technological change – the contributors do not simply take stock, but also provoke, critically reassessing this important work while using it to challenge conceptual and disciplinary boundaries.
Motivation in War
Author: Ilya Berkovich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107167736
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Explains the motivation of ordinary soldiers to enlist, serve and fight in the armies of eighteenth-century Europe.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107167736
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Explains the motivation of ordinary soldiers to enlist, serve and fight in the armies of eighteenth-century Europe.
Cultural Property and Contested Ownership
Author: Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317281837
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Against the backdrop of international conventions and their implementation, Cultural Property and Contested Ownership explores how highly-valued cultural goods are traded and negotiated among diverging parties and their interests. Cultural artefacts, such as those kept and trafficked between art dealers, private collectors and museums, have become increasingly localized in a ‘Bermuda triangle’ of colonialism, looting and the black market, with their re-emergence resulting in disputes of ownership and claims for return. This interdisciplinary volume provides the first book-length investigation of the changing behaviours resulting from the effect of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. The collection considers the impact of the Convention on the way antiquity dealers, museums and auction houses, as well as nation states and local communities, address issues of provenance, contested ownership, and the trafficking of cultural property. The book contains a range of contributions from anthropologists, lawyers, historians and archaeologists. Individual cases are examined from a bottom-up perspective and assessed from the viewpoint of international law in the Epilogue. Each section is contextualised by an introductory chapter from the editors.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317281837
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Against the backdrop of international conventions and their implementation, Cultural Property and Contested Ownership explores how highly-valued cultural goods are traded and negotiated among diverging parties and their interests. Cultural artefacts, such as those kept and trafficked between art dealers, private collectors and museums, have become increasingly localized in a ‘Bermuda triangle’ of colonialism, looting and the black market, with their re-emergence resulting in disputes of ownership and claims for return. This interdisciplinary volume provides the first book-length investigation of the changing behaviours resulting from the effect of the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. The collection considers the impact of the Convention on the way antiquity dealers, museums and auction houses, as well as nation states and local communities, address issues of provenance, contested ownership, and the trafficking of cultural property. The book contains a range of contributions from anthropologists, lawyers, historians and archaeologists. Individual cases are examined from a bottom-up perspective and assessed from the viewpoint of international law in the Epilogue. Each section is contextualised by an introductory chapter from the editors.
The Swiss and Their Neighbours, 1460-1560
Author: Tom Scott
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198725272
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Much of early-modern Europe was built up gradually by a series of leagues and alliances, and this volume seeks to demonstrate that the Swiss Confederation was one such composite polity, surviving until the end of the ancien regime by accommodating and absorbing internal conflicts through a sense of common identity and mutual obligation.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198725272
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Much of early-modern Europe was built up gradually by a series of leagues and alliances, and this volume seeks to demonstrate that the Swiss Confederation was one such composite polity, surviving until the end of the ancien regime by accommodating and absorbing internal conflicts through a sense of common identity and mutual obligation.
Tante Jolesch
Author: Friedrich Torberg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Austrian novelist and essayist Torberg (1908-79) recalled the coffeehouse scene in Vienna during his youth in the 1975 Tante Jolesch, and augmented it with a second volume in 1987. The English translation follows the format of the first, adding interesting anecdotes from the second.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Austrian novelist and essayist Torberg (1908-79) recalled the coffeehouse scene in Vienna during his youth in the 1975 Tante Jolesch, and augmented it with a second volume in 1987. The English translation follows the format of the first, adding interesting anecdotes from the second.