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  • Beyond Coal and Steel

    A Social History of Western Europe after the Boom

    by Lutz Raphael ...
    Translated by Kate Tranter ...
    In the 1970s, the economic and social foundations of Western Europe underwent an unprecedented transformation. Old industries like coal and steel disappeared, millions of people lost their jobs and formerly flourishing towns and cities went into decline. Traditional political agendas gave way to new social problems and concerns. What happened to industrial citizens – their workplaces, their ... Read more

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  • Cities Contested

    Urban Politics, Heritage, and Social Movements in Italy and West Germany in the 1970s

    Die 1970er-Jahre gelten in der deutschen Zeitgeschichte als Epoche eines tief greifenden sozialen Wandels, eines "Strukturbruchs " im Übergang von der Industriemoderne zur postfordistischen Gesellschaft. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes widmen sich diesem Jahrzehnt erstmals aus einer stadthistorischen Perspektive und stellen dabei Entwicklungen in Westdeutschland und Italien einander gegenüber. In ... Read more

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  • Rescuing the Vulnerable

    Poverty, Welfare and Social Ties in Modern Europe

    Series Book 27 - International Studies in Social History
    In many ways, the European welfare state constituted a response to the new forms of social fracture and economic turbulence that were born out of industrialization—challenges that were particularly acute for groups whose integration into society seemed the most tenuous. Covering a range of national cases, this volume explores the relationship of weak social ties to poverty and how ideas about this ... Read more

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  • Rescuing the Vulnerable

    Poverty, Welfare and Social Ties in Modern Europe

    Series Book 27 - International Studies in Social History
    In many ways, the European welfare state constituted a response to the new forms of social fracture and economic turbulence that were born out of industrialization—challenges that were particularly acute for groups whose integration into society seemed the most tenuous. Covering a range of national cases, this volume explores the relationship of weak social ties to poverty and how ideas about this ... Read more

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  • Poverty and Welfare in Modern German History

    Edited by Lutz Raphael ...
    Series Book 7 - New German Historical Perspectives
    For many, the history of German social policy is defined primarily by that nation’s postwar emergence as a model of the European welfare state. As this comprehensive volume demonstrates, however, the question of how to care for the poor has had significant implications for German history throughout the modern era. Here, eight leading historians provide essential case studies and syntheses of ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Poverty and Welfare in Modern German History

    Edited by Lutz Raphael ...
    Series Book 7 - New German Historical Perspectives
    For many, the history of German social policy is defined primarily by that nation’s postwar emergence as a model of the European welfare state. As this comprehensive volume demonstrates, however, the question of how to care for the poor has had significant implications for German history throughout the modern era. Here, eight leading historians provide essential case studies and syntheses of ... Read more

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    Series series Routledge Research Companions in Law
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  • All Tomorrow's Parties

    The Changing Face of European Party Politics

    Series series Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Research Papers
    Political parties are continually under pressure, due to changes in societies, technologies and politics as a whole. But at the moment, Europe is on the threshold of a new environment that is changing the face of political parties themselves. The picture has elements both optimistic (concerning the possibilities of ‘virtual’ activism) and pessimistic (concerning ‘real’ membership and stable voting ... Read more

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    Italy Since 1945

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