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The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask
whether the liberal international order—the system of
institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming
to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist,
suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important
questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in
vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What
does the future hold for the international order? The essays in
Chaos Reconsidered answer those questions. Leading scholars assess
the domestic and global effects of the Trump and Biden
presidencies. The historians put the Trump years and Biden’s
victory in historical context. Regional specialists evaluate U.S.
diplomacy in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin
America. Others foreground topics such as global right-wing
populism, the COVID-19 pandemic, racial inequality, and
environmental degradation. International relations theorists
reconsider the nature of international politics, pointing to
deficiencies in traditional IR methods for explaining world events
and Trump’s presidency in particular. Together, these experts
provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of U.S. alliances and
partnerships, the durability of the liberal international order,
the standing and reputation of the United States as a global
leader, the implications of China’s assertiveness and Russia’s
aggression, and the prospects for the Biden administration and its
successors.
The history of Catholic political movements has long been a missing
dimension of the history of Europe during the twentieth century.
Martin Conway explores the fascinating history of Catholic
political movements in Europe between 1918 and 1945, demonstrating
the crucial role which Catholics played in the rise of fascism in
Italy and Germany, the events of the Spanish Civil War and of the
Second World War. Drawing on the findings of recent research,
Conway shows how Catholic political movements formed a vital
element of the political life of Europe during the inter-war years.
In countries as diverse as France, Germany, Italy, Spain and
Austria, as well as further east in Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, and
Lithuania, Catholic political parties flourished. Inspired by the
values of Catholicism, these movements fought for their own
political ideals; hostile to both liberal democracy and
totalitarian fascism, Catholics were a 'third force' in European
politics. During the Second World War, Catholic political movements
continued to pursue their own goals; some chose to fight alongside
the German armies, other groups joined Resistance movements to
fight against German oppression and for a new social and political
order based on Catholic principles. Catholic Politics in Europe
will provide an original key point of reference for twentieth
century history, for comparison with fascist and communist
movements of the period, and will give insight into the present-day
character of Catholicism.
The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask
whether the liberal international order—the system of
institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming
to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist,
suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important
questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in
vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What
does the future hold for the international order? The essays in
Chaos Reconsidered answer those questions. Leading scholars assess
the domestic and global effects of the Trump and Biden
presidencies. The historians put the Trump years and Biden’s
victory in historical context. Regional specialists evaluate U.S.
diplomacy in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin
America. Others foreground topics such as global right-wing
populism, the COVID-19 pandemic, racial inequality, and
environmental degradation. International relations theorists
reconsider the nature of international politics, pointing to
deficiencies in traditional IR methods for explaining world events
and Trump’s presidency in particular. Together, these experts
provide a comprehensive analysis of the state of U.S. alliances and
partnerships, the durability of the liberal international order,
the standing and reputation of the United States as a global
leader, the implications of China’s assertiveness and Russia’s
aggression, and the prospects for the Biden administration and its
successors.
This book provides a state-of-the-art review and critical
evaluation of research into 'flashbulb' memories. The opening
chapters explore the 'encoding' view of flashbulb memory formation
and critically appraise a number of lines of research that have
opposed this view. It is concluded that this research does not
provide convincing evidence for the rejection of the encoding view.
Subsequent chapters review and appraise more recent work which has
generally found in favour of the flashbulb concept. But this
research too, does not provide unequivocal support for the encoding
view of flashbulb memory formation. Evidence from clinical studies
of flashbulb memories, particularly in post-traumatic stress
disorder and related emotional disturbances, is then considered.
The clinical studies provide the most striking evidence of
flashbulb memories and strongly suggest that these arise in
response to intense affective experiences. Neurobiological models
of memory formation are briefly reviewed and one view suggesting
that there may be multiple routes to memory formation is explored
in detail. From this research it seems possible that there could be
a specific route for the formation of detailed and durable memories
associated with emotional experiences. In the final chapter a
cognitive account of flashbulb memories is outlined. This account
is centred on recent plan-based theories of emotion and proposes
that flashbulb memories arise in responses to disruptions of
personal and cultural plans. This chapter also considers the wider
functions of flashbulb memories and their potential role in the
formation of generational identity.
A major new history of how democracy became the dominant political
force in Europe in the second half of the twentieth century What
happened in the years following World War II to create a democratic
revolution in the western half of Europe? In Western Europe's
Democratic Age, Martin Conway provides an innovative new account of
how a stable, durable, and remarkably uniform model of
parliamentary democracy emerged in Western Europe-and how this
democratic ascendancy held fast until the latter decades of the
twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Conway
describes how Western Europe's postwar democratic order was built
by elite, intellectual, and popular forces. Much more than the
consequence of the defeat of fascism and the rejection of
Communism, this democratic order rested on universal male and
female suffrage, but also on new forms of state authority and new
political forces-primarily Christian and social democratic-that
espoused democratic values. Above all, it gained the support of the
people, for whom democracy provided a new model of citizenship that
reflected the aspirations of a more prosperous society. This
democratic order did not, however, endure. Its hierarchies of
class, gender, and race, which initially gave it its strength, as
well as the strains of decolonization and social change, led to an
explosion of demands for greater democratic freedoms in the 1960s,
and to the much more contested democratic politics of Europe in the
late twentieth century. Western Europe's Democratic Age is a
compelling history that sheds new light not only on the past of
European democracy but also on the unresolved question of its
future.
A major new history of how democracy became the dominant political
force in Europe in the second half of the twentieth century What
happened in the years following World War II to create a democratic
revolution in the western half of Europe? In Western Europe's
Democratic Age, Martin Conway provides an innovative new account of
how a stable, durable, and remarkably uniform model of
parliamentary democracy emerged in Western Europe-and how this
democratic ascendancy held fast until the latter decades of the
twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Conway
describes how Western Europe's postwar democratic order was built
by elite, intellectual, and popular forces. Much more than the
consequence of the defeat of fascism and the rejection of
Communism, this democratic order rested on universal male and
female suffrage, but also on new forms of state authority and new
political forces-primarily Christian and social democratic-that
espoused democratic values. Above all, it gained the support of the
people, for whom democracy provided a new model of citizenship that
reflected the aspirations of a more prosperous society. This
democratic order did not, however, endure. Its hierarchies of
class, gender, and race, which initially gave it its strength, as
well as the strains of decolonization and social change, led to an
explosion of demands for greater democratic freedoms in the 1960s,
and to the much more contested democratic politics of Europe in the
late twentieth century. Western Europe's Democratic Age is a
compelling history that sheds new light not only on the past of
European democracy but also on the unresolved question of its
future.
Martin Conway explores the fascinating history of Catholic
political movements in Europe between 1918 and 1945. Demonstrating
the crucial role Catholics played in the rise of fascism in Italy
and Germany, the events of the Spanish Civil War and of the Second
World War, he shows how Catholic movements formed a vital element
of the political life of Europe during the interwar years in both
eastern and western Europe. From Portugal to Lithuania to Ireland,
Catholics were a "third force" in European politics, fighting for
political ideals, hostile to both liberal democracy and
totalitarian fascism.
This book provides a state-of-the-art review and critical
evaluation of research into 'flashbulb' memories. The opening
chapters explore the 'encoding' view of flashbulb memory formation
and critically appraise a number of lines of research that have
opposed this view. It is concluded that this research does not
provide convincing evidence for the rejection of the encoding view.
Subsequent chapters review and appraise more recent work which has
generally found in favour of the flashbulb concept. But this
research too, does not provide unequivocal support for the encoding
view of flashbulb memory formation. Evidence from clinical studies
of flashbulb memories, particularly in post-traumatic stress
disorder and related emotional disturbances, is then considered.
The clinical studies provide the most striking evidence of
flashbulb memories and strongly suggest that these arise in
response to intense affective experiences. Neurobiological models
of memory formation are briefly reviewed and one view suggesting
that there may be multiple routes to memory formation is explored
in detail. From this research it seems possible that there could be
a specific route for the formation of detailed and durable memories
associated with emotional experiences. In the final chapter a
cognitive account of flashbulb memories is outlined. This account
is centred on recent plan-based theories of emotion and proposes
that flashbulb memories arise in responses to disruptions of
personal and cultural plans. This chapter also considers the wider
functions of flashbulb memories and their potential role in the
formation of generational identity.
During World War II, London was transformed into a European city,
as it unexpectedly became a place of refuge for many thousands of
European citizens who through choice or the accidents of war found
themselves seeking refuge in Britain from the military campaigns on
the Continent of Europe. In this volume, an international team of
historians consider the exile groups from Belgium, France, the
Netherlands, Poland, Norway and Czechoslovakia, analysing not
merely the relations between the plethora of exile regimes and the
British government in terms of its military and social dimensions
but also the legacy of this period of exile for the politics of
post-war Europe. Particular attention is paid to the Belgian
exiles, the most numerous exile population in Britain during World
War II.
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During World War II, London was transformed into a European city,
as it unexpectedly became a place of refuge for many thousands of
European citizens who through choice or the accidents of war found
themselves seeking refuge in Britain from the military campaigns on
the Continent of Europe. In this volume, an international team of
historians consider the exile groups from Belgium, France, the
Netherlands, Poland, Norway and Czechoslovakia, analysing not
merely the relations between the plethora of exile regimes and the
British government in terms of its military and social dimensions
but also the legacy of this period of exile for the politics of
post-war Europe. Particular attention is paid to the Belgian
exiles, the most numerous exile population in Britain during World
War II.
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