Der europäische Einigungsprozess ist nicht nur ein wirtschaftliches Projekt, sondern hat eine bedeutende kulturelle Dimension: Die Integration kann nur gelingen, wenn die Bürger Europas ihre verschiedenen Kulturen besser kennen und verstehen. Das gilt in besonderer Weise im Verhältnis zu den [...]

englischThe EU-Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) was established in June 2011 as the second macro-regional strategy of the European Union. This edited volume aims to not only assess the experiences and accomplishments of the strategy but also its deficiencies after its first years of [...]

englischIn contrast to authoritarian systems, the fundamental attribute of totalitarian systems is not only that they exercise political control using surveillance and repression, but that they aim to control the thoughts and will of the people by means of their ideology. Therefore, the essential [...]

englischEuropeanisation is ubiquitous but also country-specific as it works differently in every EU Member State. This study does not simply describe these tendencies, but also attempts to explain why convergences or divergences among the Member States occur and, in doing so, furthers the discussion [...]

englischThe works included in these conference proceedings study to what extent the integration of East Central European countries into the European single market has resulted in competition between company law systems. In doing so, they examine both the role of existing Member States as ‘suppliers’ [...]

Der Konferenzband setzt sich die Aufgabe, auf Kriegs- und Friedensdiskurse aus historischer, ideengeschichtlicher und politologischer Perspektive einzugehen und aus der Vergangenheit einen Bogen in die Gegenwart zu spannen, indem er den Krieg als „Auslöser“ für Friedensbemühungen wahrnimmt. Zeitlich [...]

englischFrom 1951 to 1989/90 the main remand prison of the Ministry of State Security (MfS) of the GDR was located on the site of the present-day Memorial Berlin-Hohenschönhausen. Today, former prisoners impressively explain in guided tours, how they were exposed to the physical and psychological [...]

englischCitizenship has proved to be a successful instrument to connect the individual to his nation, and thereby generating support for the political system. However, this close bond has recently been challenged by globalization, Europeanization and cosmopolitism. This volume aims firstly at taking [...]

englischThe bomb attacks in 1967, which at last had a massive negative impact on the already sensitive Austrian-Italian relations at the time, are considered to represent the peak of the conflict in South Tyrol. The forty-fifth anniversary of these events was taken as opportunity to discuss the [...]

Trotz der inhärenten Abneigung des Konservativismus gegen Theorien lässt sich doch ein Korpus von Werten, Einstellungen und Perzeptionen umreißen, der den Kernbestand modernen konservativen Denkens bildet. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Buches nähern sich dem Phänomen des Konservativismus aus [...]