Showing papers in "German Studies Review in 2007"
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TL;DR: Protest mobilization is often assumed to be temporary This is not the case in Germany, as a look at grassroots mobilization in Berlin reveals Protest arose there in the 1970s, as in Germany generally, over siting of a large energy project Activists attacked not only the project itself, but also the legitimacy of the technocratic policymaking that produced it Subsequent government efforts to streamline land-use planning have kept the legitimacy issue alive as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Protest mobilization is often assumed to be temporary This is not the case in Germany, as a look at grassroots mobilization in Berlin reveals Protest arose there in the 1970s, as in Germany generally, over siting of a large energy project Activists attacked not only the project itself, but also the legitimacy of the technocratic policymaking that produced it Subsequent government efforts to streamline land-use planning have kept the legiti mation issue alive Lacking an institutional home for citizen participation in planning, protesters in Berlin and elsewhere continue to play a vital role in forcing policymakers to take residents' views seriously
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TL;DR: The ideological lines between the conservation movement and the Nazi regime have received much attention as mentioned in this paper, but the level of practical politics has not been explored by focusing on a new perspective, and it is worth noting that conservationists were crossing sensitive thresholds in their desire to use the law to the greatest extent possible.
Abstract: The ideological lines between the conservation movement and the Nazi regime have received much attention. This article explores a new perspective by focusing on the level of practical politics. After several setbacks and disappointments since 1933, the passage of the national conservation law in 1935 became the crucial turning point. The law instilled a secular boom of conservation work, which lasted until about 1940, nourishing an atmosphere of almost unlimited enthusiasm for the Nazi regime in conservation circles. At the same time, conservationists were crossing sensitive thresholds in their desire to use the law to
the greatest extent possible.
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TL;DR: The Man and His Name as mentioned in this paper is Seghers' first major work set in the GDR, which stages the tension between the optimistic discourse of socialist construction and the realities that Seghers encountered upon her return to Germany.
Abstract: Author(s): Bivens, Hunter | Abstract: Anna Seghers' first major work set in the GDR, "The Man and His Name" stages the tension between the optimistic discourse of socialist construction and the realities that Seghers encountered upon her return to Germany. The 1952 novella narrates the breakdown of Stalinist models of social identification in the face of the apathy of the postwar German population as well as the ideological rigidity of German Communist discourse, while pointing towards a more democratic mode of collectivity based in a Marxist conception of Heimat rooted in material production.
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