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Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany Ser.: Paradoxes of Peace : German Peace Movements Since 1945 by Alice Holmes Cooper (1996, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press
ISBN-100472106244
ISBN-139780472106240
eBay Product ID (ePID)1009737
Product Key Features
Number of Pages344 Pages
Publication NameParadoxes of Peace : German Peace Movements since 1945
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1996
SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Europe / Germany, Peace, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlice Holmes Cooper
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History
SeriesSocial History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight22.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN94-048681
Reviews" Paradoxes of Peace will prove a useful source of information for readers interested in the influence of domestic and foreign policy upon the success of new social movements." -- German Politics
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal327.1/72/0943
SynopsisGiven the militarism of the Empire and Nazi Germany, why did postwar West Germany experience massive waves of peace protest in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s? How have postwar peace movements shaped German political culture? Will the cultural norms that frown on the use of military force constrain foreign policy in the new, unified, Germany? In Paradoxes of Peace , Alice Holmes Cooper traces the evolution of peace movements in West Germany (1945-90) and in united Germany since 1990. Cooper examines the domestic and international constellations that gave rise to the peace movements, the sources of their multi-faceted ideologies and participants, and their organizational structures and strategies. The author then investigates the peace movement's response to the challenges of the post-Cold War world. Whereas previous work on German peace movements has concentrated on one period of mobilization or on elite security-policy debates, this comprehensive study examines all phases of mobilization since 1945, taking into account the full spectrum of actors, movement organization and strategy, and the broad political, social, and economic environments spawning peace protest. Arguing that theories of resource mobilization, changes in values, and crises of modernity are insufficient to explain peace movements, Paradoxes of Peace tailors a "political process" approach to postwar German movements. It investigates the political opportunities--the changing domestic and international constellation--which most favored peace mobilization since 1945. It examines the process through which the peace movement transformed popular consciousness and created a peace constituency. It analyzes how German peace movements gradually built an indispensable organizational infrastructure autonomous from parties and other social institutions. Cooper argues that the convergence of these factors determined the movement's capacity to mobilize and have political impact and allowed these to grow over time. Alice Holmes Cooper is Assistant Professor of Government, University of Virginia.
LC Classification NumberJX1961.G3C66 1996
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