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The book charts an extraordinary period in Danish history: the "Press Freedom Period" of 1770-73, in which King Christian 7's physician J.F. Struensee introduced a series of radical enlightenment reforms beginning with the total abolishment of censorship. The book investigates the sudden avalanche of pamphlets and debates, initiating the modern public sphere of Denmark-Norway. Publications show a surprising variety, from serious political, economic, and philosophical treatises over criticism, polemics, ridicule, entertainment, and to spin campaigns, obscenities, libel, threats. A successful coup against Struensee led to his subsequent public execution in Copenhagen, and the latter half of the period saw the gradual smothering of the new public sphere as well as an international pamphlet storm over what was happening in Denmark. Readers all over Europe proved curious to learn about the radical experiment with enlightened absolutism in Denmark; interest was heightened by the involvement of the Danish Queen, the English princess Caroline Matilda to whom Struensee had an intimate relation. The book is a detailed portrayal of a seminal event in the development of the public sphere in Europe.
HISTORY / Modern / General. --- Denmark. --- Freedom of expression. --- Struensee, Johann Friedrich von. --- enligthened absolutism.
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"Dictators and Dictatorships is a qualitative enquiry into the politics of authoritarian regimes. It argues that political outcomes in dictatorships are largely a product of leader-elite relations. Differences in the internal structure of dictatorships affect the dynamics of this relationship. This book shows how dictatorships differ from one another and the implications of these differences for political outcomes. In particular, it examines political processes in personalist, military, single-party, monarchic, and hybrid regimes. The aim of the book is to provide a clear definition of what dictatorship means, how authoritarian politics works, and what the political consequences of dictatorship are. It discusses how authoritarianism influences a range of political outcomes, such as economic performance, international conflict, and leader and regime durability. Numerous case studies from around the world support the theory and research presented to foster a better understanding of the inner workings of authoritarian regimes. By combining theory with concrete political situations, the book will appeal to undergraduate students in comparative politics, international relations, authoritarian politics, and democratization."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Dictatorship. --- Dictators. --- Authoritarianism. --- Political science --- Authority --- Tyrants --- Heads of state --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Despotism --- Totalitarianism --- Dictators --- Dictatorship --- 841 Politiek bestel --- Political systems --- Government
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This volume includes the elaborated papers and discussions of a conference held at Würzburg on Austrian ‚Neoabsolutism‘ (1849/51-1860/61). Starting point was the recent criticism of that term to identify the Austrian type of postrevolutionary government and to mark a historical period. The experts assembled at Würzburg focussed their analysis on the various fields of domestic policy in that ambiguous decade and tried to evaluate its importance within the long-term problems of the Hapsburg Monarchy. Der Band enthält die Referate und Diskussionen einer in Würzburg abgehaltenen Tagung über strittige Probleme des Neoabsolutismus als Herrschaftstypus und Epochenbegriff. Die Analyse der ambivalenten Aspekte österreichischer Innen¬politik ist verbunden mit der Diskussion alternativer Gesamtdeutun¬gen jener Dekade von 1849/51 bis 1860/61 vor dem Hintergrund epochenübergreifender Existenzfragen der Habsburgermonarchie.
Constitutional history --- History --- Austria --- Politics and government --- Constitutional History of Austria --- Hapsburg Monarchy --- History of Austrian Administration --- Neo-Absolutism --- Habsburgermonarchie --- Neoabsolutismus --- Österreich --- Verfassungsgeschichte Österreichs --- Verwaltungsgeschichte Österreichs --- Ungarn --- Wien
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812 Ideologie --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Despotism --- Démocratie --- Liberté --- Despotisme --- Civil liberty --- Emancipation --- Freedom --- Liberation --- Personal liberty --- Natural law --- Political science --- Equality --- Libertarianism --- Social control --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Dictatorship --- Totalitarianism --- Self-government --- Representative government and representation --- Republics
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Die Frühe Neuzeit kannte eine Vielzahl von Diskursen, Performanzen und Repräsentationen, die auf eine Überhöhung des Monarchen abzielten, ohne sich jedoch zu einer kohärenten Gesamtheit zusammenzufügen. Ist das umfassende Forschungskonzept "Absolutismus" diesem heterogenen Befund angemessen? Die Beiträge gehen dieser Frage im Wesentlichen anhand von französischen Beispielen nach. Sie sehen Absolutismus dabei im Sinne neuerer kulturhistorischer Ansätze nicht als "objektive" Gegebenheit oder real existierende gesellschaftliche Struktur, sondern als frühneuzeitliche Konstruktion, als sozial und kulturell konstruierte Vorstellungswelt, in der Einflussmöglichkeiten und Herrschaftsansprüche zu allererst symbolisch repräsentiert wurden.
State, The --- Despotism --- History --- Historiography --- Europe --- Politics and government --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Dictatorship --- Totalitarianism --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Council of Europe countries --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Eurasia --- Frankrijk. Buitenlandse betrekkingen. Duitsland. Geschiedenis. (Reeks) --- Allemagne. Relations extérieures. France. Histoire. (Collection) --- France. Relations extérieures. Allemagne. Histoire. (Collection) --- Duitsland. Buitenlandse betrekkingen. Frankrijk. Geschiedenis. (Reeks)
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Der Konflikt zwischen der Hugenottenmetropole La Rochelle und der französischen Krone zwischen 1568 und 1630, der in der spektakulären Belagerung von 1628/29 gipfelte, war ein Kampf um die Legitimation von Herrschaft im frühneuzeitlichen Frankreich. Die neuartige Ideologie der Absoluten Monarchie steht dabei traditionellen, an Konsens und Privilegienwahrung interessierten Modellen gegenüber. Die Studie zeichnet die Durchsetzung dieses "Pilotprojekts Absolutismus" nicht nur als rein ideengeschichtlichen Prozess nach, sondern verortet diesen in konkreten politischen und konfessionellen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen der monarchischen Zentrale und ihrem "Anderen", der reformierten Stadtrepublik La Rochelle am Atlantiksaum. Die Idee der Absoluten Monarchie kann so nicht nur als politische Theorie verstanden werden, sondern vor allem als Argumentationsreservoir im Kampf um die politische Ordnung Frankreichs im Zeitalter der Religionskriege.
Despotism -- France -- History -- 16th century. --- Despotism -- France -- History -- 17th century. --- Monarchy -- France -- History -- 16th century. --- Monarchy -- France -- History -- 17th century. --- Despotism --- Monarchy --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- France --- History --- La Rochelle (France) --- Politics and government --- Kingdom (Monarchy) --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- La Rochelle --- Rochelle, La (France) --- Rupella (France) --- Executive power --- Political science --- Royalists --- Authoritarianism --- Dictatorship --- Totalitarianism
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814 Theorie van de internationale betrekkingen --- 844 Sociale structuur --- 820 Internationale betrekkingen --- 827 Geopolitiek --- Despotism --- Feudalism --- International relations --- State, The --- Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 --- Counter-Reformation --- Diplomatic history --- International history (Diplomatic history) --- World history --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Dictatorship --- Totalitarianism --- History --- Influence --- Europe --- Politics and government
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Mass peaceful protests in Myanmar/Burma in 2007 drew the world’s attention to the ongoing problems faced by this country and its oppressed people. In this publication, experts from around the world analyse the reasons for these recent political upheavals, explain how the country’s economy, education and health sectors are in perceptible decline, and identify the underlying authoritarian pressures that characterise Myanmar/Burma’s military regime.
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Southeast Asia --- Government, Resistance to --- Military government --- Dictatorship --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Military rule --- Civil resistance --- Non-resistance to government --- Resistance to government --- Authoritarianism --- Despotism --- Totalitarianism --- Public administration --- Civil-military relations --- Military occupation --- Political science --- Political violence --- Insurgency --- Nonviolence --- Revolutions --- Burma --- Politics and government. --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- politics and government --- social conditions --- economic conditions --- birma --- dictatorship --- human rights --- China --- Myanmar --- Remittance --- Yangon --- Political resistance
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Political systems --- Colonisation. Decolonisation --- Community organization --- Political sociology --- Africa --- Colonies --- Despotism --- Democracy --- Apartheid --- Indigenous peoples --- Administration --- Colonial influence --- Politics and government --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A11 --- #SBIB:96G --- 826 Imperialisme, kolonialisme --- 840 Samenleving en staat --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Antropologie : socio-politieke structuren en relaties --- Geschiedenis van Afrika --- Administration. --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Dictatorship --- Totalitarianism --- Anti-colonialism --- Colonial affairs --- Colonialism --- Neocolonialism --- Imperialism --- Non-self-governing territories --- Colonization --- Separate development (Race relations) --- Segregation --- Anti-apartheid movements --- Post-apartheid era --- Colonial influence. --- Politics and government. --- South Africa --- Ethnology --- Colonies - Africa - Administration --- Despotism - Africa --- Democracy - Africa --- Apartheid - Africa --- Indigenous peoples - Africa --- Africa - Colonial influence --- Africa - Politics and government
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Kann ein philosophisches Konzept dazu dienen, vergangenheitspolitische Debatten besser zu verstehen? Alexander Hasgall nähert sich dieser Frage anhand der (Nach-)Geschichte der letzten Militärdiktatur Argentiniens an. Er zeigt auf, wie den Opfern massiver Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch Anerkennung neue Formen von Subjektivität zugeschrieben werden können, zugleich aber neue Herrschaftsformen entstehen können. Die mit dem Ende der Ära Kirchner einhergehenden vergangenheitspolitischen Verwerfungen stellen dabei einen besonderen Aktualitätsbezug her. Die Studie richtet sich sowohl an Wissenschaftler_innen als auch an Praktiker_innen, welche sich mit der Frage nach einem angemessenen Umgang mit dem Erbe von Gewaltsystemen beschäftigen. »Hasgall schliesst mit seinem Brückenschlag zwischen Philosophie und Vergangenheitspolitik eine wesentliche Forschungslücke in der deutschen Forschungslandschaft. Seine Ergebnisse ergänzen zudem neuere Erkenntnisse aus der Sozialpsychologie. Sein Werk stellt einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur internationalen Transformations- und Versöhnungsforschung dar und ist nicht nur für Akademiker und Praktiker, sondern auch für politische Entscheidungsträger empfehlenswert.« Maria Palme, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte, 69/2 (2019) Besprochen in: Handbook of latin american studies, 74 (2020), Franz Obermeier
Military government --- Dictatorship --- History --- Argentina --- Politics and government --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Despotism --- Totalitarianism --- Military rule --- Public administration --- Civil-military relations --- Military occupation --- Anerkennung. --- Argentina. --- Argentinien. --- Aufarbeitung. --- Contemporary History. --- Cultural History. --- Erinnerungskultur. --- Geschichte. --- Geschichtswissenschaft. --- Gewalt. --- History. --- Human Rights. --- Kulturgeschichte. --- Law. --- Macht. --- Memory Culture. --- Menschenrechte. --- Néstor Kirchner. --- Politics of Acknowledgment. --- Power. --- Recht. --- South American History. --- Südamerikanische Geschichte. --- Transitional Justice. --- Vergangenheitspolitik. --- Violence. --- Zeitgeschichte. --- HISTORY / Latin America / South America. --- Diktatur; Vergangenheitspolitik; Aufarbeitung; Anerkennung; Argentinien; Transitional Justice; Menschenrechte; Gewalt; Macht; Geschichte; Néstor Kirchner; Kulturgeschichte; Erinnerungskultur; Recht; Südamerikanische Geschichte; Zeitgeschichte; Geschichtswissenschaft; Dictatorship; Politics of Acknowledgment; Argentina; Human Rights; Violence; Power; History; Cultural History; Memory Culture; Law; South American History; Contemporary History
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