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  1. Taiwan - die chinesische Alternative
    Demokratisierung in einem ostasiatischen Schwellenland (1986 - 1993)
    Author: Schubert, Gunter
    Published: 1994
    Publisher:  Inst. für Asienkunde, Hamburg

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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: German
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 3889101372
    RVK Categories: MH 46000 ; MH 46086
    Series: Institut für Asienkunde <Hamburg>: Mitteilungen des Instituts für Asienkunde, Hamburg ; 237
    Subjects: Democratisering; Politik; Democracy; Demokratisierung
    Scope: 419 S.
  2. Réinventer la littérature
    démocratisation et modèles romanesques dans l'Espagne post-franquiste
    Author: Bouju, Emmanuel
    Published: 2002
    Publisher:  Presses Univ. du Mirail, Toulouse

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    Universitätsbibliothek Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: French
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 2858166005
    RVK Categories: IP 2460
    Series: Collection Hespérides : Espagne
    Subjects: Democratisering; Littérature et histoire; Roman espagnol - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique; Romans; Spaans; Spanisch; Authors, Spanish; Spanish literature; Spanisch; Roman
    Scope: 374 S.
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    Teilw. zugl.: Paris, Univ. Paris III, Diss., 1996 u.d.T.: Bouju, Emmanuel: Démocratisation et modèles romanesques dans l'Espagne post-franquiste
  3. "Dieses Volk, unter dem es zu leiden galt"
    die deutsche Frage bei Günter Grass
    Author: Moser, Sabine
    Published: 2002
    Publisher:  Lang, Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: German
    Media type: Dissertation
    ISBN: 3631364075
    RVK Categories: GN 5052
    Series: Kölner Studien zur Literaturwissenschaft ; 13
    Subjects: Democratisering; Duitse hereniging; Romans; Deutsche Frage <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Grass, Günter, 1927- -- Criticism and interpretation; Grass, Günter (1927-2015): Novemberland; Grass, Günter (1927-2015): Ein weites Feld; Grass, Günter (1927-2015): Unkenrufe; Grass, Günter (1927-2015): Hundejahre
    Scope: 306 S.
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    Zugl.: Köln, Univ., Diss., 2000
  4. The vulgarization of art
    the Victorians and aesthetic democracy
    Author: Dowling, Linda C.
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  Univ. Press of Virginia, Charlottesville [u.a.]

    In this major reinterpretation of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement, Linda Dowling argues that such classic works of Victorian art writing as Ruskin's Stones of Venice or Morris's Lectures on Art or Wilde's Critic as Artist become wholly intelligible... more

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    In this major reinterpretation of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement, Linda Dowling argues that such classic works of Victorian art writing as Ruskin's Stones of Venice or Morris's Lectures on Art or Wilde's Critic as Artist become wholly intelligible only within the larger ideological context of the Whig aesthetic tradition Tracing the genealogy of Victorian Aestheticism back to the first great crisis of the Whig polity in the earlier eighteenth century, Dowling locates the source of the Victorians' utopian hopes for art in the "moral sense" theory of Anthony Ashley Cooper, third earl of Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury's theory of a universal moral sense, argues The Vulgarization of Art, became the transcendental basis for the new Whig polity that proposed itself as an alternative to older theories of natural law and divine right. It would then sustain the Victorians' hope that their own nightmare landscape of commercial modernity and mass taste might be transformed by a universal pleasure in art and beauty The Vulgarization of Art goes on to explore the tragic consequences for the Aesthetic Movement when a repressed and irresolvable conflict between Shaftesbury's assumption of "aristocratic soul" and the Victorian ideal of "aesthetic democracy" repeatedly shatters the hopes of such writers as Ruskin, Morris, Pater, and Wilde for social transformation through the aesthetic sense

     
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  5. Philosophie, Literatur und Politik vor den Revolutionen von 1848
    zur Herausbildung der demokratischen Bewegungen in Europa
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  Lang, Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]

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  6. Disremembering the dictatorship
    the politics of memory in the Spanish transition to democracy
    Published: 2000
    Publisher:  Rodopi, Amsterdam [u.a.]

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English; Spanish
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9042013524
    RVK Categories: IM 1270 ; IP 2650
    Series: Portada hispánica ; 8
    Subjects: Collectief geheugen; Democratisering; Mémoire collective - Espagne - 1970-2000; Mémoire; Politique et littérature - Espagne - 1970-2000; Politique et littérature - Espagne; Transition démocratique - Espagne; Geschichte; Gesellschaft; Memory; Spanish literature; Diktatur; Vergangenheitsbewältigung
    Scope: 248 S.
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    Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke

    Beitr. teilw. engl., teilw. span.
  7. Philosophie, Literatur und Politik vor den Revolutionen von 1848
    zur Herausbildung der demokratischen Bewegungen in Europa
    Published: 1996

  8. Réinventer la littérature
    démocratisation et modèles romanesques dans l'Espagne post-franquiste
    Author: Bouju, Emmanuel
    Published: 2002
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: French
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 2858166005
    RVK Categories: IP 2460
    Series: Collection Hespérides : Espagne
    Subjects: Democratisering; Littérature et histoire; Roman espagnol - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique; Romans; Spaans; Spanisch; Authors, Spanish; Spanish literature; Spanisch; Roman
    Scope: 374 S.
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    Teilw. zugl.: Paris, Univ. Paris III, Diss., 1996 u.d.T.: Bouju, Emmanuel: Démocratisation et modèles romanesques dans l'Espagne post-franquiste
  9. Disremembering the dictatorship
    the politics of memory in the Spanish transition to democracy
    Published: 2000
    Publisher:  Rodopi, Amsterdam [u.a.]

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    Language: English; Spanish
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    ISBN: 9042013524
    RVK Categories: IM 1270 ; IP 2650
    Series: Portada hispánica ; 8
    Subjects: Collectief geheugen; Democratisering; Mémoire collective - Espagne - 1970-2000; Mémoire; Politique et littérature - Espagne - 1970-2000; Politique et littérature - Espagne; Transition démocratique - Espagne; Geschichte; Gesellschaft; Memory; Spanish literature; Diktatur; Vergangenheitsbewältigung
    Scope: 248 S.
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    Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke

    Beitr. teilw. engl., teilw. span.
  10. Democratic politics and economic reform in India
    Published: 1999
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Map.States of the Indian federal union --1.Introduction --2.The evolution of economic reform in India --3.Theoretical and comparative perspectives on the politics of economic reform --4.Political incentives: elite perceptions and the calculus of... more

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    Map.States of the Indian federal union --1.Introduction --2.The evolution of economic reform in India --3.Theoretical and comparative perspectives on the politics of economic reform --4.Political incentives: elite perceptions and the calculus of survival --5.Political institutions: federalism, informal networks, and the management of dissent --6.Political skills: introducing reform by stealth --7.Implications. Successive Indian governments, from right and left, have remained committed to market-oriented reform since its introduction in 1991. In a well-argued, accessible and sometimes controversial examination of the political dynamics which underlie that commitment, Rob Jenkins challenges existing theories of the relationship between democracy and economic liberalisation. He contends that while democracy and liberalisation are no longer considered incompatible, theorizing over-emphasizes democracy's more wholesome aspects while underestimating its practioners' reliance on obfuscating tactics to defuse political resistance to policy shifts. By focusing on formal political systems, existing research ignores the value of informal institutions. In India it is these institutions which have driven economic elites towards negotiation, while allowing governing elites to divide the opponents of reform through a range of political tactics. In fact, the author argues, it is precisely through such political manoeuvring that democracy survives

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0511151829; 9780511151828; 0511017375; 9780511017377; 0511036795; 9780511036798; 9780511605871; 0511605870
    Series: Contemporary South Asia ; 5
    Subjects: Democracy; Free enterprise; Démocratie; Libre entreprise; Free enterprise; Democracy; Free enterprise; Democracy; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Economic Policy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Government & Business; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Development ; Economic Development; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Development ; Business Development; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Structural Adjustment; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Development ; General; Democracy; Economic policy; Free enterprise; Politics and government; Economische politiek; Democratisering; Economische hervormingen; Démocratie ; Inde; Libéralisme économique ; Inde
    Scope: Online Ressource (ix, 250 pages), 1 map.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-244) and index. - Description based on print version record

    Map.States of the Indian federal union1.Introduction2.The evolution of economic reform in India3.Theoretical and comparative perspectives on the politics of economic reform4.Political incentives: elite perceptions and the calculus of survival5.Political institutions: federalism, informal networks, and the management of dissent6.Political skills: introducing reform by stealth7.Implications.
  11. Participation and democratic theory
    Published: 1970
    Publisher:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England]

    Recent theories of democracy and the "classical myth" -- Rousseau, John Stuart Mill and G.D.H. Cole: A participatory theory of democracy -- The sense of political efficacy and participation in the workplace -- "Participation" and "democracy" in... more

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    Recent theories of democracy and the "classical myth" -- Rousseau, John Stuart Mill and G.D.H. Cole: A participatory theory of democracy -- The sense of political efficacy and participation in the workplace -- "Participation" and "democracy" in industry -- Workers' self-management in Yugoslavia. Shows that current elitist theories are based on an inadequate understanding of the early writings of democratic theory and that much sociological evidence has been ignored

     
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    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9781316103715; 1316103714; 9780511720444; 0511720440
    Subjects: Management; Démocratie; Personnel; Participation politique; Democracy; Political participation; Political science; Political science; Political participation; Democracy; Management; Demokrati; Löntagarinflytande; Företagsdemokrati; Löntagarinflytande; Företagsdemokrati; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; General; Democracy; Management ; Employee participation; Political participation; Political science; Participatie en toerekening; Democratisering; Theorieën; Democracia; Démocratie; Participation politique; Personnel ; Participation à la gestion
    Scope: Online Ressource (122 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-118) and index. - Description based on print version record

    Recent theories of democracy and the "classical myth"Rousseau, John Stuart Mill and G.D.H. Cole: A participatory theory of democracy -- The sense of political efficacy and participation in the workplace -- "Participation" and "democracy" in industry -- Workers' self-management in Yugoslavia.
  12. Philosophie, Literatur und Politik vor den Revolutionen von 1848
    zur Herausbildung der demokratischen Bewegungen in Europa
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  13. "Dieses Volk, unter dem es zu leiden galt"
    die deutsche Frage bei Günter Grass
    Author: Moser, Sabine
    Published: 2002
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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: German
    Media type: Dissertation
    ISBN: 3631364075
    RVK Categories: GN 5052
    Series: Kölner Studien zur Literaturwissenschaft ; 13
    Subjects: Democratisering; Duitse hereniging; Romans; Deutsche Frage <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Grass, Günter, 1927- -- Criticism and interpretation; Grass, Günter (1927-2015): Novemberland; Grass, Günter (1927-2015): Ein weites Feld; Grass, Günter (1927-2015): Unkenrufe; Grass, Günter (1927-2015): Hundejahre
    Scope: 306 S.
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    Zugl.: Köln, Univ., Diss., 2000
  14. The agrarian question in Southern Africa and "Accumulation from below"
    economics and politics in the struggle for democracy
    Author: Neocosmos, Michael
    Published: 1993
    Publisher:  Nordiska Afrikainst., Uppsala

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9171063420
    RVK Categories: QG 720
    Series: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet <Uppsala>: Research reports ; 93
    Subjects: Agrarisch beleid; Democratisering; Socialisme; Landwirtschaft; Politik; Sozialismus; Agriculture and state; Agriculture; Socialism; Agrarpolitik; Demokratie
    Scope: 79 S.
  15. The vulgarization of art
    the Victorians and aesthetic democracy
    Author: Dowling, Linda C.
    Published: 1996
    Publisher:  Univ. Press of Virginia, Charlottesville [u.a.]

    In this major reinterpretation of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement, Linda Dowling argues that such classic works of Victorian art writing as Ruskin's Stones of Venice or Morris's Lectures on Art or Wilde's Critic as Artist become wholly intelligible... more

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    In this major reinterpretation of the Victorian Aesthetic Movement, Linda Dowling argues that such classic works of Victorian art writing as Ruskin's Stones of Venice or Morris's Lectures on Art or Wilde's Critic as Artist become wholly intelligible only within the larger ideological context of the Whig aesthetic tradition Tracing the genealogy of Victorian Aestheticism back to the first great crisis of the Whig polity in the earlier eighteenth century, Dowling locates the source of the Victorians' utopian hopes for art in the "moral sense" theory of Anthony Ashley Cooper, third earl of Shaftesbury. Shaftesbury's theory of a universal moral sense, argues The Vulgarization of Art, became the transcendental basis for the new Whig polity that proposed itself as an alternative to older theories of natural law and divine right. It would then sustain the Victorians' hope that their own nightmare landscape of commercial modernity and mass taste might be transformed by a universal pleasure in art and beauty The Vulgarization of Art goes on to explore the tragic consequences for the Aesthetic Movement when a repressed and irresolvable conflict between Shaftesbury's assumption of "aristocratic soul" and the Victorian ideal of "aesthetic democracy" repeatedly shatters the hopes of such writers as Ruskin, Morris, Pater, and Wilde for social transformation through the aesthetic sense

     
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