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The past hundred years of Europe are distilled in the experiences
of the citizens of Strasbourg. From the turn of the twentieth
century until 1945, Europe's ruling idea of nationalism rendered
Strasbourg/StraAYburg the prize in a tug-of-war between the two
greatest continental powers, France and Germany. Then, in the
immediate post-war period, ideals for European unity set up various
European institutions, some headquartered in Strasbourg, which have
gradually created a partially supranational Europe. At the end of
the 1950s, a third theme arises: the large-scale settling in
Strasbourg and other such richer, western European cities of
persons from poorer lands, frequently ex-colonial territories,
whose appearance and cultural practices render them essentially
"different" to local eyes: expressions of racism thereby jostle
with professions of multiculturalism. Now in the globalisation era,
the issue of "immigration" has broadened yet further into
transnationalism: the experience of persons who are embedded in
varying manner in both Strasbourg and in their land of origin.
Based on in-depth, lively interviews with 80 men and 80 women
ranging from 101 to 20 years, and from all over the world (France,
Germany, Alsace-Lorraine, Portugal, Italy, ex-Yugoslavia, Albania,
Algeria, Morocco, Turkey, Cameroon, and Afghanistan amongst other
countries), the author draws out of these compelling testimonies
all sorts of compelling insights into issues of identity, race,
nationality, culture, politics, heritage and representation, giving
a unique and valuable view of what it means (and has meant over the
past century) to be a European.
The past hundred years of Europe are distilled in the experiences
of the citizens of Strasbourg. From the turn of the twentieth
century until 1945, Europe's ruling idea of nationalism rendered
Strasbourg/StraAYburg the prize in a tug-of-war between the two
greatest continental powers, France and Germany. Then, in the
immediate post-war period, ideals for European unity set up various
European institutions, some headquartered in Strasbourg, which have
gradually created a partially supranational Europe. At the end of
the 1950s, a third theme arises: the large-scale settling in
Strasbourg and other such richer, western European cities of
persons from poorer lands, frequently ex-colonial territories,
whose appearance and cultural practices render them essentially
"different" to local eyes: expressions of racism thereby jostle
with professions of multiculturalism. Now in the globalisation era,
the issue of "immigration" has broadened yet further into
transnationalism: the experience of persons who are embedded in
varying manner in both Strasbourg and in their land of origin.
Based on in-depth, lively interviews with 80 men and 80 women
ranging from 101 to 20 years, and from all over the world (France,
Germany, Alsace-Lorraine, Portugal, Italy, ex-Yugoslavia, Albania,
Algeria, Morocco, Turkey, Cameroon, and Afghanistan amongst other
countries), the author draws out of these compelling testimonies
all sorts of compelling insights into issues of identity, race,
nationality, culture, politics, heritage and representation, giving
a unique and valuable view of what it means (and has meant over the
past century) to be a European.
This title was first published in 2000: This text presents the
results of a three-year study in social research, which aimed to
measure and explain anomie in different parts of the world with
different cultures and different socio-political and economic
conditions. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were applied,
and the book not only represents the projects in juxtaposition, but
also attempts to show how they relate to each other. The project
elaborated instruments for practical use of both public and private
agents in development co-operation in order to assess the stability
or instability of a given society and to orient development
policies accordingly. The book aims to provide the basis for an
early detection system for anomie. The main interest is
intercultural setting, the detection of hidden anomic potential and
the close linkages between scientific research and its
applicability for development policy and practice in applied anomie
research.
This title was first published in 2000: This text presents the
results of a three-year study in social research, which aimed to
measure and explain anomie in different parts of the world with
different cultures and different socio-political and economic
conditions. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were applied,
and the book not only represents the projects in juxtaposition, but
also attempts to show how they relate to each other. The project
elaborated instruments for practical use of both public and private
agents in development co-operation in order to assess the stability
or instability of a given society and to orient development
policies accordingly. The book aims to provide the basis for an
early detection system for anomie. The main interest is
intercultural setting, the detection of hidden anomic potential and
the close linkages between scientific research and its
applicability for development policy and practice in applied anomie
research.
Twelve Thousand Feet to Heaven is a compilation of short stories
and poetry from the mind of Patrick Western. A powerful, uplifting
feeling of love and passion will grip you as you dive into this
abstract collection. With each turn of the page, you will stumble
across different obstacles that life and love can throw at you and
one mans attempt to just get it all right.
Twelve Thousand Feet to Heaven is a compilation of short stories
and poetry from the mind of Patrick Western. A powerful, uplifting
feeling of love and passion will grip you as you dive into this
abstract collection. With each turn of the page, you will stumble
across different obstacles that life and love can throw at you and
one mans attempt to just get it all right.
Social geographer John Western analyzes the urban spatial planning
of the 1950 Group Areas Act that achieved, in the built environment
of Cape Town, the racial separatism of apartheid. His new prologue
for the paperback edition assesses the changes to be expected from
the new government and the obstacles to significant change.
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