Search Results - "West Germany"

Creative destruction in the development process: an application to East and West Germany by Arens, Nina

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Conceptualising ideological transition: centre-right neoliberalisation in the UK and post-war West Germany by Thomas, Benjamin

“…These two case studies, the ordoliberalisation of the Christian Democratic Union of post-war West Germany, 1945-1949 and the rise of Thatcherism in the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, 1970-1979, present different national contexts, ideological families and periodisation, differences that facilitate analysis of the cases independently, comparatively and transnationally. …”
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The Red Army Faction in prison: narratives of isolation and resistance 1970-1995 by Emmerich, Fabienne

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After the expulsions: the lost German Heimat in memory, monuments and museums by Graaf, Jenny

“…This comparative thesis explores how museums and monuments in postwar east and west Germany commemorate the eastern territories that were lost after 1945. …”
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Ma: The Realm of Mystery in Sugiura Kohei's 'Asian Grammar of Design' by Nguyen, Hung Ky

“…Since returning from a teaching trip in West Germany in 1967, and from an exploration across the Southern part of Asia, designer Sugiura Kohei has advocated an ‘Asian grammar of design’ as a new model for his graphic design work. …”
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Studies on the potential of biological control of the anthracnose fungi Colletotrichum in Malaysian fruits. by S. Kanapathipillai, Vijaya

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Fractured families--united countries?: family, nostalgia and nationbuilding in Das Wunder von Bern and Goodbye Lenin! by Uecker, Matthias

“…exposes this view of the GDR as an artificial and largely fictional construction, whereas Das Wunder von Bern attempts to create a sense of authenticity for its nostalgic recreation of 1950s West Germany. Despite this significant difference, both films are shown to pursue a common ideological project: their narratives are focused on a nostalgic farewell to the past in order to develop a positive attitude to the future of a re-unified Germany. …”
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To what extent did innovation strategy and pricing policies by Japanese camera manufacturers contribute to their success in the mature amateur camera industry during 1955-1974? Emm... by Agyei, Emmanuel

“…In continuation, the paper also establish that the relationship between camera price and innovation (lens speed) is more inelastic in Japan that both the USA and West Germany which therefore insinuates that a correlation is existent between the ability to product low priced products and the ability to compete in a mature industry.…”
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Intervention at the level of the firm: employer-sponsored training and wage growth in post-unification Germany by Georgellis, Y., Lange, Thomas

“…Purpose – The aim of the paper is to assess the determinants and impact of employer sponsored further training on wage growth in West Germany over the period 1992 to 2002. Design/methodology/approach – Following a descriptive narrative on further training and wages in Germany, data derived from the West German sub-sample of the German Socio-Economic Panel is being utilised, which has the main advantage of providing detailed information about the respondents' labour market histories prior to and after 1992. …”
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Norms, normality and normalization: papers from the postgraduate summer school in German Studies, Nottingham, July 2013

“…Matthias Uecker: Introduction: Norms, normality and normalization; Jürgen Link: Crisis between ʻDenormalizationʼ and the ʻNew Normalʼ: reflections on the theory of normalism today; Helen Budd: Normalizing masculinities: representations of the military in literature and films in 1950s West Germany; Franziska Schratt: Fatherless identities in Wim Wenders’ Kings of the road and Notebook on cities and clothes; Anna Stiefel: In/Out: Social norms in mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion in Miguel Abrantes Ostrowski’s Sacro Pop: ein Schuljungen-Report (2004) and Michael Borlik’s Ihr mich auch (2010); Sarah Maass: Normativierung, Normalisierung und Hypernormalismus: Technologien des Körpers und des Selbst in der Castingshow "Germany’s Next Topmodel"; Nina Schmidt: ‘[E]ndlich normal gewordenʼ? …”
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Engagement at the end of an era: evaluating the role of obligation in writers’ contributions to the West German peace movement 1979-1985 by Padden, Tom

“…The intensified arms race and related confrontations in the late 1970s and early 1980s were met with a similarly intensified reaction from peace movements in West Germany and beyond, supported by a variety of groups and individuals, including engaged writers. …”
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