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Veterans' associations and political radicalism in West Germany, 1951-1954: A case study of the Traditionsgemeinschaft Grossdeutschland (1999)
Journal Article
Searle, D. (1999). Veterans' associations and political radicalism in West Germany, 1951-1954: A case study of the Traditionsgemeinschaft Grossdeutschland. Annales canadiennes d'histoire / Canadian Journal of History, 34(2), 221-248

Research on veterans' associations in the Federal Republic of Germany in the early 1950s has so far concentrated on the activities of groups lobbying for improved welfare provision and the efforts to establish a unified soldiers' organization. The la... Read More about Veterans' associations and political radicalism in West Germany, 1951-1954: A case study of the Traditionsgemeinschaft Grossdeutschland.

Alternative history and Christoph Ransmayr’s “Morbus Kitahara” (1999)
Journal Article
Foster, I. (1999). Alternative history and Christoph Ransmayr’s “Morbus Kitahara”. Modern Austrian literature, 32(1), 111-125

This article considers Christoph Ransmayr's monumental 1995 novel Morbus Kithara in the context of the science fiction genre of "alternative history" or contrafactual history.
The complex questions of guitl and responsibility, remembrance of the pas... Read More about Alternative history and Christoph Ransmayr’s “Morbus Kitahara”.

A non-overt negative operator in French (1998)
Journal Article
Rowlett, P. (1998). A non-overt negative operator in French. Probus, 10(2), 185-206. https://doi.org/10.1515/prbs.1998.10.2.185%2C+//1998

This paper addresses negative ne, N eg0, in French which is restricted to contexts
of sentential (as opposed to constituent) negation. This association is attributed to
a single mechanism: ne is licensed and sentential negation is marked via Dynami... Read More about A non-overt negative operator in French.

Archaeology of an acting style: Stanislavski, Brecht, and the subject (1998)
Journal Article
Buse, P. (1998). Archaeology of an acting style: Stanislavski, Brecht, and the subject. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 1(2), 219-238. https://doi.org/10.1177/136754949800100204

This article argues that different acting techniques depend on different theories of the 'subject', and that consequently, every theory of acting is also a theory of subjectivity. Recent Oscar-winning performances emphasize roles where the actor must... Read More about Archaeology of an acting style: Stanislavski, Brecht, and the subject.

New avenues in the study of political corruption (1997)
Journal Article
Bull, M., & Newell, J. (1997). New avenues in the study of political corruption. Crime, Law and Social Change, 27(3/4), 169-183. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1008232802273

This article argues that the 1990s have witnessed a sea change in the study of political corruption, especially in political science. It explores the reasons for the relative neglect of corruption by political science in the past, and suggests that a... Read More about New avenues in the study of political corruption.

Between crisis and transition : Italian politics in the 1990s (1997)
Journal Article
Bull, M., & Rhodes, M. (1997). Between crisis and transition : Italian politics in the 1990s. West European Politics, 20(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389708425172

The Italian political system is both dynamic and sclerotic, adaptable and blocked, and with a surprising degree of institutional inertia. While some aspects of the system are adjusting to the new challenges of the decade, other areas are adapting muc... Read More about Between crisis and transition : Italian politics in the 1990s.

Party organisations and alliances in Italy in the 1990s : a revolution of sorts (1997)
Journal Article
Newell, J., & Bull, M. (1997). Party organisations and alliances in Italy in the 1990s : a revolution of sorts. West European Politics, 20(1), 81-109. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389708425176

This study analyses the changes which have taken place in Italian political parties and the alliances they have formulated in the 1990s, changes which are visible at three levels: the disappearance of old parties and their replacement with new organi... Read More about Party organisations and alliances in Italy in the 1990s : a revolution of sorts.