Transnational Struggles for Recognition: New Perspectives on Civil Society since the 20th Century

Published by Berghahn Books 2016

Transnational Struggles for Recognition

New Perspectives on Civil Society since the 20th Century

Edited by: Dieter Gosewinkel and Dieter Rucht

Volume 8 in the series Studies on Civil Society

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781785333125

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About this book

Now more than ever, “recognition” represents a critical concept for social movements, both as a strategic tool and an important policy aim. While the subject’s theoretical and empirical dimensions have usually been studied separately, this interdisciplinary collection focuses on both to examine the pursuit of recognition against a transnational backdrop. With a special emphasis on the efforts of women’s and Jewish organizations in 20th-century Europe, the studies collected here show how recognition can be meaningfully understood in historical-analytical terms, while demonstrating the extent to which transnationalization determines a movement’s reach and effectiveness.

Author / Editor information

Dieter Gosewinkel is a professor of history at the Freie Universität Berlin and co-director of the Center for Global Constitutionalism at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. He has published widely in the field of modern history, legal history, and history of civil society and citizenship, including Zivilgesellschaft – national und transnational with Dieter Rucht, Wolfgang van den Daele and Jürgen Kocka (Edition Sigma, 2004).

Dieter Rucht is a professor of sociology at the Freie Universität Berlin. Before his retirement he was co-director of a research group on civil society and political mobilization at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Among his best-known works on the sociology of the public sphere and social movements is Modernisierung und neue soziale Bewegungen. Deutschland, Frankreich und USA im Vergleich (Campus 1994).

Dieter Gosewinkel is a professor of history at the Freie Universität Berlin and co-director of the Center for Global Constitutionalism at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. He has published widely in the field of modern history, legal history, and history of civil society and citizenship, including Zivilgesellschaft – national und transnational with Dieter Rucht, Wolfgang van den Daele and Jürgen Kocka (Edition Sigma, 2004).

Reviews

“The collaboration between scholars from social science and history here has produced the most comprehensive book available on the topic. With its diverse conceptual and methodological approaches, it offers brilliant insights into theories as well as specific case studies.” · Brigitte Geissel, Goethe University Frankfurt

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
The Transnationalization of Struggles for Recognition An Introduction to a multidisciplinary field of research Dieter Gosewinkel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I Concepts
Chapter 1 Struggles for Recognition Bridging Three Separated Spheres of Discourse Dieter Rucht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Chapter 2 Understanding Transnational Social Movements: Potentials and Limits of Recognition Theory Volker M. Heins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Part II The Cases for Jews and Women
Chapter 3 ‘By the sacred ties of humanity and common decent’ The Transnationalization of Modern Jewish History and its Discontents Tobias Metzler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Chapter 4 Institution Building and Policy Making at the Transnational Level: Challenges in the Early History of the World Jewish Congress Emmanuel Deonna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Chapter 5 Jewish, Socialist, Anti-Zionist: The Bund and its Transnational Relations Gertrud Pickhan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Chapter 6 Struggles for Recognition and the Concept of Gender in Twentieth-Century Poland Claudia Kraft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Chapter 7 The Emergence of an Impossible Movement Domestic Workers Organize Globally Helen Schwenken Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Part III Enlarging the Scope
Chapter 8 Peace Movements and the Politics of Recognition in the Cold War Holger Nehring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Chapter 9 Recognition across Difference Conceptual Considerations against an Indian Background Martin Fuchs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Chapter 10 Injustice Symbols and Global Solidarity Thomas Olesen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 314
Keywords: History: 20th Century to Present; Sociology

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Published: November 1, 2016
ISBN: 9781785333125