Christian Democracy Across the Iron Curtain

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This book is the first scholarly exploration of how Christian Democracy kept Cold War Europes eastern and western halves connected after the creation of the Iron Curtain in the late 1940s. Christian Democrats led the transnational effort to rebuild the continents western half after World War II, but this is only one small part of the story of how the Christian Democratic political family transformed Europe and defied the nascent Cold Wars bipolar division of the world. The first section uses case studies from the origins of European integration to reimagine Christian Democracys long-term significance for a united Europe. The second shifts the focus to East-Central Europeans, some exiled to Western Europe, some to the USA, others remaining in the Soviet Bloc as dissidents. The transnational activism they pursued helped to ensure that, Iron Curtain or no, the boundary between Europes west and east remained permeable, that the Cold War would not last and that Soviet attempts to divide the continent permanently would fail. The books final section features the testimony of three key protagonists. This book appeals to a wide range of audiences: undergraduate and graduate students, established scholars, policymakers (in Europe and the Americas) and potentially also general readerships interested in the Cold War or in the future of Europe.

Über den Autor

Piotr H. Kosicki is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maryland, USA.

Sawomir ukasiewicz is Director of the Institute of European Studies at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, and a staff historian at the Institute of National Remembrance.

Zusammenfassung

Examines the role of Christian Democracy in both East and West Europe to offer a fuller picture of modern European politics

Explores the transnational dimension of Christian Democracy and its contribution to European integration

Offers a timely study of the European idea, bringing together 18 scholars from across Europe and beyond

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY REFRAMED.- 1. Introduction: From Siege Mentality to Mainstreaming? Researching Twentieth-Century Christian Democracy; Wolfram Kaiser.- 2. Catholic and Christian Democratic views on Europe before and after World War II: Continuities and Discontinuities; Patrick Pasture.- 3. Alcide De Gasperi and Konrad Adenauer: A New Approach; Tiziana Di Maio.- 4. Not only De Gasperi: Italian Christian Democrats' Commitment to Europe; Antonio Varsori.- 5. Sainthood vs. Nationhood: The Beatification Causes of Schuman and De Gasperi; Wiesaw Bar.- 6. A Truly "European" Christian Democracy? The European People's Party; Beata Kosowska-Gsto.- PART TWO: CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY ACROSS THE IRON CURTAIN.- 7. The Elimination of Christian Democracy in Poland after World War II; Jarosaw Rabiski.- 8. Christian Democrats across the Iron Curtain; Pawe Zitara.- 9. Christian Democracy's Global Cold War; Piotr H. Kosicki.- 10. The Polish Section of the Belgian Christian Trade Union ACV/CSC; Idesbald Goddeeris.- 11. The Social Virtues of Christian Democracy, European and Polish: The Case of Jan Kuakowski; Leszek Jesie.- 12. Christian Democracy off the Bookshelf: The Case of Jerzy Kulczycki; Mägorzata Choma-Jusiska.- 13. Christian Democracy beyond Christian Democracy: The Case of Stanisaw Grocholski; Sawomir ukasiewicz.- 14. Explaining the Absence of Christian Democracy in Contemporary Poland; Aleks Szczerbiak and Tim Bale.- PART THREE: CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY ACROSS THE COLD WAR CAESURA.- 15. The Christian Democratic Union of Central Europe; Stanisaw Gebhardt.- 16. Christian Democracy in Slovakia; Ján arnogurský.- 17. The Prospects of Christian Democracy in Contemporary Europe: Experiences from Germany; Georg Milbradt.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Geschichte , Kunst , Musik
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xxxiii 468 S.
ISBN-13:	9783319877198
ISBN-10:	3319877194
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion:	Kosicki, Piotr H. ¿Ukasiewicz, S¿awomir
Herausgeber:	Piotr H Kosicki/Slawomir Lukasiewicz
Auflage:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2018
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	210 x 148 x 28 mm
Von/Mit:	Piotr H. Kosicki (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.08.2018
Gewicht:	0,645 kg