Transition to Democracy -or Anschluss? The Two Germanies and Europe

En aquest article, Klaus von Beyme discuteix les causes i conseqüències del procés d'unificació alemana, en el marc de la transició ca a la democràcia de l'Europa ex-socialista. En Primer lloc, ens mostra que els models clàssics de transició democràtica disponibles en ciència política no són aplicables al cas alemany, i, per tant, la necessitat de tractar factors específics com ara la penetració cultural de la República Federal en la República democràtica, o la qüestió nacional. En segon lloc, von Beyme argumenta que a causa d'aquesta especial situació de la República Democràtica, les condicions per a una transició democràtica eren més favorables que en altres règims socialistes, i que, al mateix temps, aixó allunyava qualsevol possibilitat de propugnar una "tercera via" de socialisme democràtic. En darrer lloc, l'autor passa del context nacional alemany a la situació internacional, per analitzar quines opcions portaren els líders mundials a donar carta blanca a la unificació en la seva forma actual.En este articulo, Klaus von Beyme discute las causas y consecuencias del proceso de unificación alemana, en el marco de la transición hacia la democracia de la Europa ex-socialista. En primer lugar, muestra cómo a los modelos clásicos de transición democrática diponibles en ciencia política no son aplicables al caso alemán, y que es necesario tratar factores es específicos como son la penetración cultural de la república Federal en la República Democrática, o la cuestión nacional. En segundo lugar, von Byme argumenta que, debido a esa especial situación de la república Democrática, i condiciones para una transición democrática eran más favorables que en otros regímenes socialistas, y que, al mismo tiempo, ello alejaba cualquier posibilidad de propugnar una "tercera via" de socialismo democrático. Por Último, el autor pasa de contexto nacional alemán a la situación internacional, para analizar que opciones llevaron a los lideres mundiales a dar carta blanca a la unificaczón en su forma actual.In this paper, Klaus von Beyme discusses the causes and consequences uf the German unification process. in the frame of transitions to democracy in ex-socialist Europe. Firstly, he shows that classical models of democratic transition avaliable in political science are not suitable for the German Fedeeral Republic into the Democratic Republic, this fact, at the same time, removed any possibility of claiming a "third way" to democratic socialism. Finally, the author goes on from German national context to international situation, analyzing upon wich options world leaders gave at last green light to unification in its present form

Transformational Theory - A New Interdisciplinary Line of Research?

Preobražaj autoritarnih sustava Južne Evrope sedamdesetih godina pojačao je zanimanje za promjene sustava i transformacijsku teoriju, ali tek sa slomom realnog socijalizma postalo je transformacijsko istraživanje vrlo poletnom istraživačkom industrijom. Budući da nitko nije predvidio događaje iz 1989. godine, frustracija u socijalnim znanostima zbog nepredviđanja i pogrešnog predviđanja pretvorila se u traženje teorija koje bi ubuduće mogle poboljšati prognoziranje. Na pitanje jesu li se različiti transformacijski procesi mogli objasniti jedinstvenom teorijom autor zaključuje da ne postoji jedinstvena transformacijska teorija.The metamorphosis of the authoritarian systems of South Europe in the seventies increased interest in system changes and transformational theory but it was only with the break up of real socialism that transformational research became a very dynamic research industry. As no one had predicted what would happen in 1989 the frustration in the social sciences caused by this lack of foretelling and erroneous foretelling turned into a pursuit of theories which could improve prognostication in the future. The question whether different transformational processes could be explained by one unified theory is answered by the author\u27s conclusion that no unified transformational theory exists

Transformational Theory - A New Interdisciplinary Line of Research?

Preobražaj autoritarnih sustava Južne Evrope sedamdesetih godina pojačao je zanimanje za promjene sustava i transformacijsku teoriju, ali tek sa slomom realnog socijalizma postalo je transformacijsko istraživanje vrlo poletnom istraživačkom industrijom. Budući da nitko nije predvidio događaje iz 1989. godine, frustracija u socijalnim znanostima zbog nepredviđanja i pogrešnog predviđanja pretvorila se u traženje teorija koje bi ubuduće mogle poboljšati prognoziranje. Na pitanje jesu li se različiti transformacijski procesi mogli objasniti jedinstvenom teorijom autor zaključuje da ne postoji jedinstvena transformacijska teorija.The metamorphosis of the authoritarian systems of South Europe in the seventies increased interest in system changes and transformational theory but it was only with the break up of real socialism that transformational research became a very dynamic research industry. As no one had predicted what would happen in 1989 the frustration in the social sciences caused by this lack of foretelling and erroneous foretelling turned into a pursuit of theories which could improve prognostication in the future. The question whether different transformational processes could be explained by one unified theory is answered by the author\u27s conclusion that no unified transformational theory exists

Sowjetische Einflüsse auf den frühen Städtebau der DDR

Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium vom 18. bis 21. Juni 1992 in Weimar an der Hochschule für Architektur und Bauwesen zum Thema: ‚Architektur und Macht