scholarly journals Verschiebungen im Verfassungskompromiss von den deutschen Landesverfassungen zum europäischen Reformvertrag

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (149) ◽  
pp. 623-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Fisahn ◽  
Regina Viotto
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
Democratic Process ◽  
World War ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Democratic Control ◽  
Second World

Hesse was the first state in Germany after the second world war, with a new constitution. This constitution differs in many ways from the German Grundgesetz and more from the European reform treaty. The Hessian Constitution prefers a democratic control of the economy, the Grundgesetz follows a neutral concept concerning the economy which means the democratic process is in charge to define the relation of society and economy. The significant difference of the European reform treaty is its radical market oriented concept of the economy.

Finnish refugee children’s experiences of Swedish refugee camps during the Second World War

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Merja Paksuniemi
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Refugee Camps ◽  
World War ◽  
Daily Routines ◽  
Decisive Importance ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Camp Life ◽  
Second World

This article seeks to demonstrate how Finnish refugee children experienced living in Swedish refugee camps during the Second World War (1939–1945). The study focuses on children’s opinions and experiences reflected through adulthood. The data were collected through retrospective interviews with six adults who experienced wartime as children in Finland and were evacuated to Sweden as refugees. Five of the interviewees were female and one of them was male. The study shows, it was of decisive importance to the refugee children’s well-being to have reliable adults around them during the evacuation and at the camps. The findings demonstrate that careful planning made a significant difference to the children´s adaptations to refugee camp life. The daily routines at the camp, such as regular meals, play time and camp school, reflected life at home and helped the children to continue their lives, even under challenging circumstances.

Concorde—bird of harmony or political albatross: an examination in the context of British foreign policy

1979 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annabelle May
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Burden Sharing ◽  
Aircraft Industry ◽  
World War ◽  
British Foreign Policy ◽  
Democratic Control ◽  
Second World

Increasingly, technological decisions are entering into the political arena. They alter the environment in which policy must operate. It is claimed that British foreign policy since the Second World War has been dominated by unrealizable goals. Britain has been preoccupied by the debate about her world-role, a debate which was in itself the product of anachronistic values and assumptions. The Concorde project was the manifestation of a desire to maintain Britain's position as a leading aeronautical power. The aircraft industry faithfully reflects the pattern of government interests and influence. But Concorde was also intended to emphasize what the British government felt to be changing relationships with the United States and Europe. However, in “modernized” states, the boundaries between foreign and domestic policies are increasingly blurred. Although this phenomenon may result in interdependence at an international level, the formation of transnational links can restrict the power of sovereign states. It can also inhibit the domestic process of democratic control. While international burden-sharing may place unforeseen pressures on the structures of government, the momentum for technological development is often so strong that it becomes impossible to resist. While visible technology can be a potent instrument of prestige, it must also respond to needs at a market level in order to be successful. Concorde has conspicuously failed to do this.

scholarly journals Awangarda we wspomnieniach twórców nowoczesnych

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paweł Stangret
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Great Emphasis ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
World War ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Second World

This article is devoted to the analysis of the statements by avant-garde writers formulatedyears later, after 1956, and related to political, social and artistic transformations. It analyses theforms of expression (essays, memories, analyses, interpretative sketches, etc.) employed by formeravant-garde authors. The research material consists of the memories of Julian Przyboś, AnatolStern, Adam Ważyk and Aleksander Wat. What is significant is the analysis of the narrative strategyadopted by each of these authors as well as the position they gained after 1945 and, then again,after October 1956. This article focuses mainly on presenting the problematic aesthetic changesand indicates that, in this context, the attitude of avant-garde writers to neo-avant-garde art, to thenew literary trends emerging after the Second World War, is particularly important. The central issueexamined is the formulation of the concept of the avant-garde and its definition on Polish soil.The poets’ statements presented show concern for the image of the Polish avant-garde as well as theimportance of the competition for historical narratives. This is connected with the individual perceptionof the notion of the avant-garde. Some of the authors, for instance Julian Przyboś, consideredthe program and the theoretical nuances specified a hundred years ago very significant, whilethe others put great emphasis on the synthetic orientation which viewed the avant-garde as a wholeset of heterogeneous trends. It should be observed that there seems to be a significant difference ofopinion between Adam Ważyk and Aleksander Wat. The former sees the avant-garde in the contextof modernism and its changes, whereas the latter shows the degree to which twentieth-century artresulted from the innovativeness of futurists.

Gender and the Second World War

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinna Peniston-Bird ◽  
Emma Vickers
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Second World

Kapitalistische Krisen mit und ohne systemischer Herausforderung.

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (185) ◽  
pp. 543-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingo Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
World Market ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Deep Penetration ◽  
World War ◽  
Major Overhaul ◽  
Domestic Markets ◽  
Global Restructuring ◽  
Social Divisions ◽  
Class Power ◽  
Second World

This article draws on Marxist theories of crises, imperialism, and class formation to identify commonalities and differences between the stagnation of the 1930s and today. Its key argument is that the anti-systemic movements that existed in the 1930s and gained ground after the Second World War pushed capitalists to turn from imperialist expansion and rivalry to the deep penetration of domestic markets. By doing so they unleashed strong economic growth that allowed for social compromise without hurting profits. Yet, once labour and other social movements threatened to shift the balance of class power into their favor, capitalist counter-reform began. In its course, global restructuring, and notably the integration of Russia and China into the world market, created space for accumulation. The cause for the current stagnation is that this space has been used up. In the absence of systemic challenges capitalists have little reason to seek a major overhaul of their accumulation strategies that could help to overcome stagnation. Instead they prop up profits at the expense of the subaltern classes even if this prolongs stagnation and leads to sharper social divisions.

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