Title:NATO: The management of diversity
Author(s):ROMERO, FedericoDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The image of a harmonious Atlantic alliance occasionally riven by acute crises was the actors’ own perception, and recurring fear, throughout its Cold War history. A long-term historical assessment, however, emphasizes a ...
Title:The Nature of Stalin's Dictatorship: The Politburo, 1924-1953
Author(s):REES, Edward ArfonDate:2003Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:Studies in Russian and East European history and societyAbstract:This volume is the last of a series of three on decision-making in the Stalin era.
Title:Negotiating Europe: EU promotion of Europeanness and non-institutional actors since the 1950s
Author(s):CALLIGARO, OrianeDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The concept of Europe is a strong symbolic underpinnings of European integration. Europe functions as a mobilizing metaphor, a sign of recognition that indicates belonging to a community in formation. At the institutional ...
Title:Negotiating sovereignty: the peace treaty of Munster, 1648
Author(s):MANZANO BAENA, LauraDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Historical political entities differ in their understanding of sovereignty. This article studies how conceptualizations of sovereignty clashed during the peace negotiations between the Spanish Monarchy and the United ...
Title:Neuverzauberung im Gestus der Wissenschaftlichkeit
Author(s):LIPPHARDT, Veronika; PATEL, Kiran KlausDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Taking the example of research on biological diversity in the 20th century, this article analyzes the social practices that are entailed in the emergence, stabilization, and circulation of scientific knowledge. It stresses ...
Title:The new discursive formation of literature under communist rule: From the silver age to socialist realism
Author(s):VIRBAN, FloareaDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The primary aim of this thesis is to question how, and the extent to which, the implementation of Communist rule in Russia influenced the new discursive formation of literature. The latter refers to the complex process of ...