Norbert Götz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3466520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norbert Götz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norbert |
| FAMILY NAME | Götz |
| SIGNATURE | GÖTZ N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Södertörn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8788-101X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 140 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Coping with the Great Irish Famine
Skibbereen has become a byword for famine, frequently appearing in academic literature on humanitarian disasters — but almost always as a symbol of Irish victimhood. By contrast, this article seeks to demonstrate that the town of Skibbereen was a centre of agency and innovation with far-reaching impact throughout Ireland and beyond. It examines the hands-on efforts of local people to take charge of a dire situation, highlighting three key aspects…
Introduction to the theme issue
Maps are symbolic representations of spatial features. As such, they are by definition projections that involve choices of inclusion and modes of depiction. They are therefore subject to framing, c
From Neutrality to Membership
Sweden's relationship with the United Nations fluctuated considerably between 1941 and 1946. This article examines how the Nordic country's own security interests were sometimes viewed as compatible and sometimes at odds with membership of the United Nations. The discussions surrounding Sweden's accession to the United Nations and actions of its first delegates to the international organisation are explored at length. So too is the discrepancy be…
Introduction to the thematic issue ‘Moral Economy
The term ‘moral economy’ has had a varied history before acquiring its present meaning, mainly through the formative influence of Thompson's (1971) article ‘The Moral Economy of the English Crowd’
Political Culture of Nordic Self-Understanding
Moral economy
This article challenges E.P. Thompson's definition of 'moral economy' as a traditional consensus of crowd rights that were swept away by market forces. Instead, it suggests that the concept has the potential of improving the understanding of modern civil society. Moral economy was a term invented in the eighteenth century to describe many things. Thompson's approach reflects only a minor part of this conceptual history. His understanding of moral…
Rationales of Humanitarianism
Rationales of Humanitarianism: The Case of British Relief to Germany, 1805–1815 This article examines the British humanitarian relief campaign initiated by the Committee for Relieving the Distresses in Germany and Other Parts of the Continent (1805–1815). It demonstrates the significance of two aspects for the campaign: the activism of London-based immigrant communities on the one hand, and British solidarity with allied countries during the Napo…
The Good Plumpuddings’ Belief
The London-based Committee for Relieving the Distressed Inhabitants of Germany, and Other Parts of the Continent is an early example of a large-scale voluntary relief programme that has gone unappreciated in the annals of humanitarianism. The present article examines the period in 1808 and 1809 when this committee redirected its relief efforts to Sweden. The case highlights many issues that beset humanitarianism today. With well-preserved recipie…
Power Investigation
‘Power investigation’, or the need for power to renew and legitimize itself through public self-reflection and self-criticism, has a long history in northern Europe. The tradition has been traced
Introspective Performance
The transdisciplinary coherence of area studies can be enhanced through a cross-fertilisation of historical and social sciences with concepts derived from philology and cultural studies. The five Scandinavian power investigations (Norway 1972–1982, Sweden 1985–1990, Denmark 1997–2003, Norway 1997–2003, and Finland 2007–2010) are here recognised as a unique body of work. Blending politically guided perspectives with collaborative scholarly analysi…
'Volksgemeinschaft': Mythos, wirkungsmächtige soziale Verheißung oder soziale Realität im 'Dritten Reich'?
Der Band bietet eine Bestandsaufnahme der vorliegenden Forschungsergebnisse zur kontrovers diskutierten Frage nach den Binde- und Integrationskräften des S-Regimes und nach der Bereitschaft der deutschen Bevölkerung zum loyalen ›Mitmachen‹ im ›Dritten Reich‹. Zentraler Bezugspunkt hierfür ist die Frage nach Bedeutung und Wirkung der von den Nationalsozialisten so vehement propagierten ›Volksgemeinschaft‹. Dabei wird auch die Frage thematisiert, w…
Matts Mattson Paavola knows Elihu Burritt”
Existing research on Scandinavian peace activism has largely been guided by a traditional nation‐state perspective and an institutionalist outlook. This view puts the starting point of Scandinavian peace activism in the 1880s, the time when the first peace associations were established in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. The article at hand demonstrates that a new chapter to the history of Nordic peace activism can be added, covering the period from …
The Absent-Minded Founder
This article examines Norwegian policy vis-à-vis the United Nations (UN) through the end of 1945. From here it will become clear that framing foreign policy orientations of the 1940s along conventional lines exaggerates the commitment of Norwegian politicians to two grand ideas. The novel idea of Atlantic alignment, developed by Norwegian circles in London exile, was more ambiguous than generally acknowledged and left room for universal extension…
In a Class by Itself”
From the mid-1950s on, the United Nations (UN) provided a forum for Finland to have an international presence despite its status as a neutral country in the Cold War. But until 1955, Finland's bid to join the UN was blocked by the Soviet Union. The inability to gain admission caused some Finns to favor staying outside the UN, a view that gained its widest circulation in the latter half of 1950 after the UN had been invoked to respond to North Kor…
Western Europeans and Others
This article examines the emergence of the so-called Western European and Others Group as well as that of the caucus of European Communities at the General Assembly of the United Nations based on a study of documents from Nordic foreign ministries in the period 1945 to 1975. It shows that the global entanglement of Western Europe both stimulated and inhibited the development of closer subcontinental collaboration during the Cold War, and it demon…
Reframing NGOs
In this article I aim to provide a better understanding of the concept `non-governmental organization' and its implications for the politics of international relations. As the prevailing confusion about the term stems largely from poor knowledge about the politics behind its introduction and function, the overarching question asks how NGOs have been socially constructed as actors on the margins of the international stage. To this end, a sound ins…
Facing the Fascist Model
As a reaction to the Great Depression of the 1930s, many countries introduced labour services. These institutions organized unemployed persons for unskilled work projects for the common good. Labour services focused on unemployed youth and had an explicit educational dimension. In the 1930s, nazi Germany offered the most important example of a labour service in practice. Therefore, all democratic countries with a labour service faced the problem …
On the Origins of ‘Parliamentary Diplomacy’
Starting from the observation of a renaissance of the term ‘parliamentary diplomacy’ in practical politics - if with a shift of meaning from parliamentary methods and procedures toward parliamentary agents - this article pleads for a scholarly adaptation of the concept and suggests not to neglect either of these dimensions. Reviewing the history of the League of Nations, in particular its creation and the policies and patterns of delegation and g…
Prestige and lack of alternative
Schwanthaler, Ludwig (Michael) von
Modernisierungsverlierer oder Gegner der reflexiven Moderne
Rechtsextremismus wird in der Forschung vor allem als eine Reaktion auf negative Modernisierungserfahrungen angesehen. Wirtschaftliche Probleme und Ängste sind nach dieser Sichtweise der Nährboden rechtsextremer Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen. Bei aller Plausibilität hat diese Modernisierungsverlierer-Hypothese empirisch wenig Bestätigung gefunden. Hier wird vorgeschlagen, den Modernisierungsansatz nicht in erster Linie auf sozioökonomische D…
Moral economy
This article challenges E.P. Thompson's definition of 'moral economy' as a traditional consensus of crowd rights that were swept away by market forces. Instead, it suggests that the concept has the potential of improving the understanding of modern civil society. Moral economy was a term invented in the eighteenth century to describe many things. Thompson's approach reflects only a minor part of this conceptual history. His understanding of moral…
Introduction to the theme issue
Maps are symbolic representations of spatial features. As such, they are by definition projections that involve choices of inclusion and modes of depiction. They are therefore subject to framing, c
On the Origins of ‘Parliamentary Diplomacy’
Starting from the observation of a renaissance of the term ‘parliamentary diplomacy’ in practical politics - if with a shift of meaning from parliamentary methods and procedures toward parliamentary agents - this article pleads for a scholarly adaptation of the concept and suggests not to neglect either of these dimensions. Reviewing the history of the League of Nations, in particular its creation and the policies and patterns of delegation and g…
Reframing NGOs
In this article I aim to provide a better understanding of the concept `non-governmental organization' and its implications for the politics of international relations. As the prevailing confusion about the term stems largely from poor knowledge about the politics behind its introduction and function, the overarching question asks how NGOs have been socially constructed as actors on the margins of the international stage. To this end, a sound ins…
Western Europeans and Others
This article examines the emergence of the so-called Western European and Others Group as well as that of the caucus of European Communities at the General Assembly of the United Nations based on a study of documents from Nordic foreign ministries in the period 1945 to 1975. It shows that the global entanglement of Western Europe both stimulated and inhibited the development of closer subcontinental collaboration during the Cold War, and it demon…
Facing the Fascist Model
As a reaction to the Great Depression of the 1930s, many countries introduced labour services. These institutions organized unemployed persons for unskilled work projects for the common good. Labour services focused on unemployed youth and had an explicit educational dimension. In the 1930s, nazi Germany offered the most important example of a labour service in practice. Therefore, all democratic countries with a labour service faced the problem …
Modernisierungsverlierer oder Gegner der reflexiven Moderne
Rechtsextremismus wird in der Forschung vor allem als eine Reaktion auf negative Modernisierungserfahrungen angesehen. Wirtschaftliche Probleme und Ängste sind nach dieser Sichtweise der Nährboden rechtsextremer Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen. Bei aller Plausibilität hat diese Modernisierungsverlierer-Hypothese empirisch wenig Bestätigung gefunden. Hier wird vorgeschlagen, den Modernisierungsansatz nicht in erster Linie auf sozioökonomische D…
Prestige and lack of alternative
From Neutrality to Membership
Sweden's relationship with the United Nations fluctuated considerably between 1941 and 1946. This article examines how the Nordic country's own security interests were sometimes viewed as compatible and sometimes at odds with membership of the United Nations. The discussions surrounding Sweden's accession to the United Nations and actions of its first delegates to the international organisation are explored at length. So too is the discrepancy be…
Introduction to the thematic issue ‘Moral Economy
The term ‘moral economy’ has had a varied history before acquiring its present meaning, mainly through the formative influence of Thompson's (1971) article ‘The Moral Economy of the English Crowd’
Rationales of Humanitarianism
Rationales of Humanitarianism: The Case of British Relief to Germany, 1805–1815 This article examines the British humanitarian relief campaign initiated by the Committee for Relieving the Distresses in Germany and Other Parts of the Continent (1805–1815). It demonstrates the significance of two aspects for the campaign: the activism of London-based immigrant communities on the one hand, and British solidarity with allied countries during the Napo…
Power Investigation
‘Power investigation’, or the need for power to renew and legitimize itself through public self-reflection and self-criticism, has a long history in northern Europe. The tradition has been traced
The Absent-Minded Founder
This article examines Norwegian policy vis-à-vis the United Nations (UN) through the end of 1945. From here it will become clear that framing foreign policy orientations of the 1940s along conventional lines exaggerates the commitment of Norwegian politicians to two grand ideas. The novel idea of Atlantic alignment, developed by Norwegian circles in London exile, was more ambiguous than generally acknowledged and left room for universal extension…
In a Class by Itself”
From the mid-1950s on, the United Nations (UN) provided a forum for Finland to have an international presence despite its status as a neutral country in the Cold War. But until 1955, Finland's bid to join the UN was blocked by the Soviet Union. The inability to gain admission caused some Finns to favor staying outside the UN, a view that gained its widest circulation in the latter half of 1950 after the UN had been invoked to respond to North Kor…
Modernisierungsverlierer oder Gegner der reflexiven Moderne
Rechtsextremismus wird in der Forschung vor allem als eine Reaktion auf negative Modernisierungserfahrungen angesehen. Wirtschaftliche Probleme und Ängste sind nach dieser Sichtweise der Nährboden rechtsextremer Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen. Bei aller Plausibilität hat diese Modernisierungsverlierer-Hypothese empirisch wenig Bestätigung gefunden. Hier wird vorgeschlagen, den Modernisierungsansatz nicht in erster Linie auf sozioökonomische D…
Schwanthaler, Ludwig (Michael) von
Prestige and lack of alternative
Facing the Fascist Model
As a reaction to the Great Depression of the 1930s, many countries introduced labour services. These institutions organized unemployed persons for unskilled work projects for the common good. Labour services focused on unemployed youth and had an explicit educational dimension. In the 1930s, nazi Germany offered the most important example of a labour service in practice. Therefore, all democratic countries with a labour service faced the problem …
On the Origins of ‘Parliamentary Diplomacy’
Starting from the observation of a renaissance of the term ‘parliamentary diplomacy’ in practical politics - if with a shift of meaning from parliamentary methods and procedures toward parliamentary agents - this article pleads for a scholarly adaptation of the concept and suggests not to neglect either of these dimensions. Reviewing the history of the League of Nations, in particular its creation and the policies and patterns of delegation and g…
In a Class by Itself”
From the mid-1950s on, the United Nations (UN) provided a forum for Finland to have an international presence despite its status as a neutral country in the Cold War. But until 1955, Finland's bid to join the UN was blocked by the Soviet Union. The inability to gain admission caused some Finns to favor staying outside the UN, a view that gained its widest circulation in the latter half of 1950 after the UN had been invoked to respond to North Kor…
Western Europeans and Others
This article examines the emergence of the so-called Western European and Others Group as well as that of the caucus of European Communities at the General Assembly of the United Nations based on a study of documents from Nordic foreign ministries in the period 1945 to 1975. It shows that the global entanglement of Western Europe both stimulated and inhibited the development of closer subcontinental collaboration during the Cold War, and it demon…
Reframing NGOs
In this article I aim to provide a better understanding of the concept `non-governmental organization' and its implications for the politics of international relations. As the prevailing confusion about the term stems largely from poor knowledge about the politics behind its introduction and function, the overarching question asks how NGOs have been socially constructed as actors on the margins of the international stage. To this end, a sound ins…
The Absent-Minded Founder
This article examines Norwegian policy vis-à-vis the United Nations (UN) through the end of 1945. From here it will become clear that framing foreign policy orientations of the 1940s along conventional lines exaggerates the commitment of Norwegian politicians to two grand ideas. The novel idea of Atlantic alignment, developed by Norwegian circles in London exile, was more ambiguous than generally acknowledged and left room for universal extension…
Matts Mattson Paavola knows Elihu Burritt”
Existing research on Scandinavian peace activism has largely been guided by a traditional nation‐state perspective and an institutionalist outlook. This view puts the starting point of Scandinavian peace activism in the 1880s, the time when the first peace associations were established in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. The article at hand demonstrates that a new chapter to the history of Nordic peace activism can be added, covering the period from …
'Volksgemeinschaft': Mythos, wirkungsmächtige soziale Verheißung oder soziale Realität im 'Dritten Reich'?
Der Band bietet eine Bestandsaufnahme der vorliegenden Forschungsergebnisse zur kontrovers diskutierten Frage nach den Binde- und Integrationskräften des S-Regimes und nach der Bereitschaft der deutschen Bevölkerung zum loyalen ›Mitmachen‹ im ›Dritten Reich‹. Zentraler Bezugspunkt hierfür ist die Frage nach Bedeutung und Wirkung der von den Nationalsozialisten so vehement propagierten ›Volksgemeinschaft‹. Dabei wird auch die Frage thematisiert, w…
Power Investigation
‘Power investigation’, or the need for power to renew and legitimize itself through public self-reflection and self-criticism, has a long history in northern Europe. The tradition has been traced
Introspective Performance
The transdisciplinary coherence of area studies can be enhanced through a cross-fertilisation of historical and social sciences with concepts derived from philology and cultural studies. The five Scandinavian power investigations (Norway 1972–1982, Sweden 1985–1990, Denmark 1997–2003, Norway 1997–2003, and Finland 2007–2010) are here recognised as a unique body of work. Blending politically guided perspectives with collaborative scholarly analysi…
Rationales of Humanitarianism
Rationales of Humanitarianism: The Case of British Relief to Germany, 1805–1815 This article examines the British humanitarian relief campaign initiated by the Committee for Relieving the Distresses in Germany and Other Parts of the Continent (1805–1815). It demonstrates the significance of two aspects for the campaign: the activism of London-based immigrant communities on the one hand, and British solidarity with allied countries during the Napo…
The Good Plumpuddings’ Belief
The London-based Committee for Relieving the Distressed Inhabitants of Germany, and Other Parts of the Continent is an early example of a large-scale voluntary relief programme that has gone unappreciated in the annals of humanitarianism. The present article examines the period in 1808 and 1809 when this committee redirected its relief efforts to Sweden. The case highlights many issues that beset humanitarianism today. With well-preserved recipie…
Introduction to the thematic issue ‘Moral Economy
The term ‘moral economy’ has had a varied history before acquiring its present meaning, mainly through the formative influence of Thompson's (1971) article ‘The Moral Economy of the English Crowd’
Political Culture of Nordic Self-Understanding
Moral economy
This article challenges E.P. Thompson's definition of 'moral economy' as a traditional consensus of crowd rights that were swept away by market forces. Instead, it suggests that the concept has the potential of improving the understanding of modern civil society. Moral economy was a term invented in the eighteenth century to describe many things. Thompson's approach reflects only a minor part of this conceptual history. His understanding of moral…
From Neutrality to Membership
Sweden's relationship with the United Nations fluctuated considerably between 1941 and 1946. This article examines how the Nordic country's own security interests were sometimes viewed as compatible and sometimes at odds with membership of the United Nations. The discussions surrounding Sweden's accession to the United Nations and actions of its first delegates to the international organisation are explored at length. So too is the discrepancy be…
Introduction to the theme issue
Maps are symbolic representations of spatial features. As such, they are by definition projections that involve choices of inclusion and modes of depiction. They are therefore subject to framing, c
Coping with the Great Irish Famine
Skibbereen has become a byword for famine, frequently appearing in academic literature on humanitarian disasters — but almost always as a symbol of Irish victimhood. By contrast, this article seeks to demonstrate that the town of Skibbereen was a centre of agency and innovation with far-reaching impact throughout Ireland and beyond. It examines the hands-on efforts of local people to take charge of a dire situation, highlighting three key aspects…
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