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Eine Generation nach der Friedlichen Revolution ist es Zeit, die Kinder der 89er die Ereignisse aus ihrem ganz persönlichen Blickwinkel schildern zu lassen. Einen neuartigen und unabhängigen Zugang zu den Ereignissen um die Friedliche Revolution bietet die Befragung von Menschen, die damals Schulkinder oder Jugendliche waren. Für die 1989 politisch aktiven Eltern war oft gerade der Druck der DDR-Obrigkeit auf die Kinder ein wesentliches Motiv, auf die Straße zu gehen. Gleichzeitig führten die Aktivitäten der Eltern zu einem beträchtlichen Risiko für ihre Kinder. Wie sind sie mit dem politischen Druck in der Schule umgegangen, haben sie verstanden, weshalb ihre Eltern sich dem Staat entzogen und im Herbst 89 an die Öffentlichkeit gingen? Wie erlebten sie den Umbruch, die Treffen der Bürgerrechtler in ihren Wohnungen, die Vorbereitungen von Demonstrationen? Was haben sie von den Aktivitäten der Stasi mitbekommen? Die 25 sehr individuellen Porträts eröffnen eine überraschend neue Perspektive auf die Wendezeit und ihre Vorgeschichte.

In Lincoln's Constitution Daniel Farber leads the reader to understand exactly how Abraham Lincoln faced the inevitable constitutional issues brought on by the Civil War. Examining what arguments Lincoln made in defense of his actions and how his words and deeds fit into the context of the times, Farber illuminates Lincoln's actions by placing them squarely within their historical moment. The answers here are crucial not only for a better understanding of the Civil War but also for shedding light on issues-state sovereignty, presidential power, and limitations on civil liberties in the name of

Every day and everywhere, China figures prominently in global attention: companies and banks weigh billions in investments; hedge fund managers assess and speculate on downside risks; commodity traders and natural resource producers salivate over China's energy appetite; intelligence agencies carefully track China's growing global footprint; militaries monitor China's growing military capabilities; diplomats grapple with a new assertiveness in China's diplomatic posture; scholars try to understand the shifting dynamics and sources of China's behaviour; while journalists track the latest cha.

This volume focuses on Fiji's people and their agency in responding to and engaging the multifarious forms of authority and power that were manifest in the colony from 1874 to 1914. By concentrating on the lives of ordinary Fijians, the book presents alternate ways of reconstructing the island's past.

If past experience is any guide, the United States and China will find themselves embroiled in a serious crisis at some point in the future. With the goal of encouraging a broader assessment of potential sources of friction in U.S-China relations and how they might be mitigated, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) embarked on this study. Following the introductory overview of the principal issues that could put the United States and China on a collision course, CFR fellows discuss three countries on China's periphery, North Korea, Myanmar, and Pakistan, as well as the collection of Central Asia states. Each paper considers current sources of instability, potential crisis triggers, U.S. and Chinese interests, where they converge and diverge, and policy options for preventing a major crisis and mitigating the consequences.

In this informative and highly readable book, first published in 1988, Charles Andrain explores the ways in which public policies and socio-political beliefs and structures cause political change in the Third World. The author examines 3 types of political change: (1) transitions in political leaders and their policies, (2) fundamental transformations in political structures, policy priorities, and political strategies for dealing with policy issues; and (3) the impact of economic, education, and health care policies on the society itself (including changes in unemployment, inflation, economic growth, literacy and birth and death rates).

Over the past two decades, civil society has played a pivotal role in Europe, from the demise of Communist rule to the reunification of Europe, followed by the expansion of the single market to the reconstitution of democracy in the enlarged European Union. European civil society has emerged as a social space between EU governance and the citizens of the member states, populated by non-state agents claiming to represent, speak for or participate on behalf of the most varied social constituencies in EU decision making. This book consolidates European civil society research by r.