Suchergebnisse

Derzeit versinken die palästinensischen Gebiete im Chaos der Intifada. Ein lebensfähiger und friedfertiger Staat scheint Lichtjahre entfernt, die Aufbauleistungen der letzten Jahre sind in Frage gestellt. Leicht wird heute übersehen, dass es der Palästinensischen Autorität in den letzten sieben Jahren seit Einleitung einer Übergangsperiode der Selbstverwaltung im Zuge der Oslo-Abkommen sehr wohl gelungen ist, die Grundstrukturen eines staatlichen Gemeinwesens zu etablieren. Dessen künftige Lebensfähigkeit wird ganz wesentlich von Faktoren abhängen, die mit dem Fortgang des israelisch-palästinensischen Konfliktes verknüpft sind. Dazu gehört die Herausbildung bestandsfähiger politischer Institutionen, die in der Lage sind, staatliche Grundfunktionen zu erfüllen und unterschiedliche gesellschaftliche Interessen friedlich auszugleichen. Die Autorin analysiert den Prozess der Staats- und Nationenbildung in den palästinensischen Gebieten seit der Rückkehr der PLO-Führung aus dem Exil. Sie untersucht dabei besonders die Entwicklung des politischen Systems und seine Einflussfaktoren und gibt einen Ausblick auf absehbare innerpalästinensische und israelisch-palästinensische Entwicklungen.

How did Richard Nixon, a president so determined to compete for strategic nuclear advantage over the Soviet Union, become one of the most successful arms controllers of the Cold War? Drawing on newly opened Cold War archives, John D. Maurer argues that a central purpose of arms control talks for American leaders was to channel nuclear competition toward areas of American advantage and not just international cooperation. While previous accounts of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) have emphasized American cooperative motives, Maurer highlights how Nixon, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, and Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird shaped negotiations, balancing their own competitive interests with proponents of cooperation while still providing a coherent rationale to Congress. Within the arms control agreements, American leaders intended to continue deploying new weapons, and the arms control restrictions, as negotiated, allowed the United States to sustain its global power, contain communism, and ultimately prevail in the Cold War.

"Capital is moved to where low-wage labour is available, and migrants move - often in large numbers - to where investments and/or wealth accumulated due to specific historic factors create a demand for labour". This volume explores this idea and contributes to the fields of global labour, working-class, and migration history by illuminating the lives of working people over the 19th and 20th centuries. The book's twenty authors discuss a wide range of topics, from capital investments in terms of the availability of low-wage labour and forced mobilization to gender discrimination."

Raising the Red Flag is a stirring exploration of the origins of the British Marxist movement, from the creation of the Social Democratic Federation to the foundation of the Communist Party.It tells a story of rising class struggle, the founding of the Labour Party, the fight against World War One, the Russian Revolution, and the explosive year of 1919.The book also uses new archival sources to re-examine Marxist organisations such as the British Socialist Party, the Socialist Labour Party, and Sylvia Parkhurst's Workers' Socialist Federation.Above all, this is the story of men and women who fought to liberate the working class from capitalism through socialist revolution

"Gedichte, Lieder, Freunde und Feinde - Wolf Biermann hat von allem viel." Deike Diening, Der Tagesspiegel Wolf Biermanns Ausbürgerung aus der DDR nach dem Kölner Konzert 1976 bedeutete nicht nur einen Kipppunkt in seiner Biografie, sondern ebenso in der Geschichte der DDR. Persönliche und politische Geschichte treffen in Leben und Werk des Liedermachers immer wieder aufeinander. Dabei handelt es sich um zentrale Bezugspunkte deutscher Kulturgeschichte: zwischen Ost und West, deutsch und jüdisch, Kommunismus und Demokratie, Politik und Kunst. Allesamt komplexe Paarungen, die das historische Urteilen herausfordern. Die Beiträge des Bandes reflektieren Wolf Biermanns Werdegang in den politischen Kontexten der Zeit und widmen sich ebenso dem Lyriker und Musiker. Mit Beiträgen von Roland Berbig, Holger Böning, Gerd Dietrich, Marcus Heumann, Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, Monika Linder, Sabine Sanio, Hendrikje Schauer, Manuel Soubeyrand, Hannes Stein, Gabriele Stötzer, Stefan Wolle, mit Liedern und Gedichten von Wolf Biermann sowie mit zahlreichen, teilweise bislang unveröffentlichten Fotografien Erscheint zur großen Wolf-Biermann-Ausstellung im Deutschen Historischen Museum, Berlin: 7. Juli 2023 - 14. Januar 2024

It is a collection of 10 essays on the transcultural encounter between Bengal and Italy from the late 19 & 20th century. It explores the largely unknown features of a multifaceted dialogue in the fields of literature, music, architecture, art, cinema, diplomacy, entrepreneurship, travels, education and intellectual engagement

Edward Aitken-Davies's letters and other documents provide insights into the day-to-day lives of the impressive group of individuals who oversaw the development of education in Germany from post-war chaos to the reform and stability which restored the education system of the country to a pre-eminent status in Europe

When we think about religion and politics in the United States today, we think of conservative evangelicals. But for much of the twentieth century it was liberal Protestants who most profoundly shaped American politics. Leaders of this religious community wielded their influence to fight for social justice by lobbying for the New Deal, marching against segregation, and protesting the Vietnam War. Gene Zubovich shows that the important role of liberal Protestants in the battles over poverty, segregation, and U.S. foreign relations must be understood in a global context. Inspired by new transnational networks, ideas, and organizations, American liberal Protestants became some of the most important backers of the United Nations and early promoters of human rights. But they also saw local events from this global vantage point, concluding that a peaceful and just world order must begin at home. In the same way that the rise of the New Right cannot be understood apart from the mobilization of evangelicals, Zubovich shows that the rise of American liberalism in the twentieth century cannot be understood without a historical account of the global political mobilization of liberal Protestants

Britain and Africa in the twenty-first century provides the first analysis of UK-Africa policy in the era of austerity, Conservative government and Brexit. It explores how Britain's relationship with Africa has evolved since the days of Blair, Brown and "Make Poverty History" and examines how a changing UK political environment, and international context, has impacted upon this longstanding - and deeply complex - relationship. This edited collection includes contributions from leading UK- and Africa-based scholars, as well as from Chatham House's Africa Programme Head and the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Africa. Examining trade, security, aid and peacekeeping, as well as the role of political parties, advocacy groups and the UK population itself, Britain and Africa provides an indispensable reference point for researchers and practitioners interested in contemporary UK-Africa relations and the place of Africa in British foreign policy.