Teams in Local Environmental Action Planning: Case Studies from Central and Eastern Europe

2013 ◽  
pp. 221-236
Author(s):  
Elena Petkova ◽  
James Perry
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Action Planning ◽  
Environmental Action

Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Ackermann ◽  
Gordon Hughes ◽  
Clyde Hertzman ◽  
Laszlo Somlyody ◽  
Kristalina Georgieva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Environmental Action ◽  
Action Programme

scholarly journals Instrumentalization of Law in the Context of Memory Policies in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989

2020 ◽  
pp. 40-50
Author(s):  
Filip Cyuńczyk
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Region I

The main goal of the article is to conduct case studies of CEE memory policies introduced after the fall of communism and to present them as an interesting field for examining the instrumentalization of law. The primary research question is: Do several case studies of several memory policies implemented in post-communist states help to examine the theoretical concept of the instrumentalization of law? In this paper, I intend to show the hidden potential of such studies. I present some of the specific elements of new constitutionalization attempts in CEE, which included narratives of memory in several constitutions in the region. I also show their relation to the concept of instrumentalization of law. Finally, I describe some political acts of instrumentalization of law in the field of collective memory.

Communist Funeral Reform in Central Europe (1948–1989): From Religious to Civil Funerals in Czechoslovakia and Hungary

2021 ◽  
pp. 003022282110217
Author(s):  
Olga Nešporová ◽  
Heléna Tóth
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Similar Pattern ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Historical Comparative

The authors examine funeral reform in the second half of the 20th century in Central and Eastern Europe via the historical comparative analysis approach. Examining the case studies of Czechoslovakia and Hungary, the article argues that although the newly-developed civil (socialist) funeral ceremonies in the two countries followed a similar pattern, in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia, civil funerals followed by cremation became the norm during the forty years of communist rule, whereas in Hungary they did not become the popularly accepted approach, in a similar way to the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia, where Roman Catholic funerals and inhumation remained dominant. The significant difference in the results of efforts toward reform was due principally to differing cultural histories, attitudes toward both religion and cremation and the availability of the infrastructure required for conducting civil funerals.

scholarly journals Plaster Archeology in Budapest’s Seventh District: Toward a Mode of Engagement with Architectural Surfaces

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
László Munteán
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Material Surface ◽  
Efficient Utilization ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
The Past ◽  
Covering Material ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries

Used as a predominant covering material in Central and Eastern Europe throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, plaster’s malleable characteristics also enabled its efficient utilization as a material for imitating decorative features traditionally made from stone and marble. Instead of looking at plaster as an imitation material, this article proposes studying it as a material archive containing unintentionally preserved traces of the past that may include fragments of advertisements, graffiti, bullet holes, or virtually any inscription in plaster that would otherwise be bound to disappear. Plaster archeology is a mode of looking at plaster less as a conduit of architectural form and more as a material surface involving depth. As a discipline, plaster archeology entails a set of practices that allows one to attend to these surfaces, although not with the intention to save traces of the past from disappearance, but rather towards reconceptualizing plaster as a material in its own right that constantly transforms at the whims of human and climatic forces.  By using two buildings located in the heart of Budapest’s seventh district as case studies, I will then demonstrate how the plaster archeologist views and examines façades. Finally, through an exploration of plaster’s characteristics and history, I argue for plaster archeology as a non-interventive mode of engaging with architectural surfaces.

Tsars, Commissars, and the Jewish Question in Russia: Two Case Studies

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-116
Author(s):  
Edward D. Wynot
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
The State ◽  
Jewish Question ◽  
Religious Minority ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Key Questions ◽  
Secular State

The relationship between the Jewish nation and the governing systems of Central and Eastern Europe has long fascinated, and bedeviled, contemporary observers and modern scholars alike. Numerous problems continually seem to defy convincing resolution. Among them are such key questions as these: Which factors can be used to define the Jews — i.e., linguistic, religious, ethnic lineage, custom and tradition — or a combination of these? Can the Jews become trusted loyal citizens of a secular state wherein they form a distinct ethno-religious minority? How can the government and/or its supporting majority determine at what point the Jews cease to be productive, contributing members of society, and become instead a harmful burden to the state and its people? Nowhere, it seems, has this collection of thorny issues, conveniently known as the “Jewish Question,” enjoyed such widespread attention and concerted concern from both official and general sources as in the lands ruled by the Russian tsars and, after 1917, by the Soviet commissars.

scholarly journals Activism and Dissent under State Socialism: Coalitions and Campaigns in the 1970s and 1980s

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-311
Author(s):  
Daniel Laqua ◽  
Charlotte Alston
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
State Socialism ◽  
Labour Movement ◽  
Journal Issue ◽  
The Subject

This article introduces a special Labour History Review issue on the subject of Challenges to State Socialism in Central and Eastern Europe: Activists, Movements and Alliances in the 1970s and 1980s. Our piece highlights different stimuli for dissent and opposition in the Eastern bloc, drawing attention to three strands that helped to inform political activism. First, it discusses the way in which various forms of dissident Marxism informed critiques of ‘actually existing socialism’ and helped activists to envision alternative ways of organizing society and state. Second, it emphasizes intersections between different actors and motivations, including links between the labour movement and forms of activism that have sometimes been categorized as ‘new social movements’. Third, it notes the relevance of transnational inspirations and alliances, with a particular consideration of those that cut across the two power blocs. As a whole, the essay establishes the broader context for the case studies of activism and dissent that feature in this special journal issue.

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