David Childs
Biographic Data
| ID | 3656852 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Childs |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Childs |
| SIGNATURE | CHILDS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6218-8131 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 59 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 122 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 58 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
She Can’t Teach Us
There is a lack of racially and ethnically diverse faculty in US schools. It is very important to have a significantly higher diverse teacher to student ratio in American classrooms. Teachers of color offer a wide range of benefits to American schools and society. Black and Brown teachers can serve as role models, cultural mediators, and advocates. Other ways they benefit schools include, the fact that they can provide culturally based instructio…
The Changing Face of Western Communism
The tendency known as euro communism was already in existence when the term was coined in the 1970s. Of necessity, a discussion of euro communism must involve some discussion of the origins and development of communism itself, and especially of the development of the relations between the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and the other communist parties. Socialist movements were developing across the continent of Europe, and indeed beyon…
United Germany
Let's Talk About Race”
Imagery and sounds from television, film, music, the Internet, and other media bombard American youth; dictating to them how they should act, think, or what they should believe. They often do not realize that they find much of their identity and belief systems in messages put forth to them by popular culture (Du Gay 1997; Hall 1997). Young people should think critically about their media choices and reflect on the degree that they shape their ide…
Intelligence Gathering in Cold War Germany
The Limits of Secret Police Power
Journal Article The Limits of Secret Police Power: The Magdeburger Stasi, 1953–1989 Get access The Limits of Secret Police Power: The Magdeburger Stasi, 1953–1989, by Edward N. Peterson (New York: Peter Lang, 2004; pp. 330. £43.80). David Childs David Childs University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXII, Issue 495, February 2007, Pages 285–286, https:/…
The Other Germany
The People's State
PROFESSOR FULBROOK tells us ‘This book arose from the desire to understand better the ways in which many East Germans felt it was possible to lead quite “normal” lives in the GDR’. Although she does not deny that the GDR was a dictatorship with an ugly side, she feels that it was a complex political system with widespread participation, and she points to the mass membership of the SED, the trade unions and other bodies. She believes there was far…
Communing with the Enemy
Die Aussenpolitik der DDR
Die Aussenpolitik der DDR, by J. Scholtyseck (Munich: Oldenbourg, 2003; pp. 176. Eur 19.80). Unlike the notorious Third Reich, the German Democratic Republic (DDR), ‘East Germany’, is rapidly fading from the popular memory at least outside of the former GDR. Despite all the efforts of the ruling SED, it never was well-known in most parts of the world. Apart from the necessity for any state to conduct normal diplomatic relations with other states,…
Between State Capitalism and Globalisation
Between State Capitalism and Globalisation: The Collapse of the East German Economy, by Gareth Dale (Bern: Peter Lang, 2004; pp. 371. £40). This book starts with an interesting preface and then rapidly degenerates into nearly a hundred pages with little mention of the DDR economy and its collapse. The introduction and chapters one and two are mainly devoted to theories of economic and political development based on ‘the theory of “bureaucratic st…
The East German Dictatorship
1University of Nottingham The East German Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives in the Interpretation of the GDR CoreyRoss LondonArnold 2002220£45 Paperback£14.99
Statement by David Childs regarding Anthony Glees' Article
A Peripheral Weapon
The two red flags
The Stasi
The Stasi
Constitutional policy in unified Germany
Journal Article Constitutional policy in unified Germany Get access Constitutional policy in unified Germany. Edited by Klaus H. Goetzand Peter J. Cullen. London: Cass. 1995. 183pp. £24.00; ISBN 0 7146 4631 8. Pb.: £15.00; ISBN 0 7146 4160 x. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 72, Issue 3, July 1996, Page 613, https://doi.org/10…
Britain since 1939
In addition to politics, the book covers a great many areas of British life: crime, decolonisation, defence, the economy, education, foreign policy, immigration and racism, the media, the monarchy, pu
Secret Germany
Journal Article Secret Germany: Claus von Stauffenberg and the mystical crusade against Hitler and An honourable defeat: a history of the German resistance to Hitler Get access Secret Germany: Claus von Stauffenberg and the mystical crusade against Hitler. By Michael Baigentand Richard Leigh. London: Jonathan Cape. 1994. 337pp. Index. £16.99. ISBN 0 224 03525 8.An honourable defeat: a history of the German resistance to Hitler. By Anton Gill. Lon…
The quality of life in the German Democratic Republic
Journal Article The quality of life in the German Democratic Republic: changes and developments in a state socialist society Get access The quality of life in the German Democratic Republic: changes and developments in a state socialist society. Edited by Marilyn Rueschemeyerand Christine Lemke. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe. 1989. 242pp. ISBN 0 87332 484 6. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: …
East Germany's First Free Elections
Journal Article EAST GERMANY'S FIRST FREE ELECTIONS Get access David Childs David Childs Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Parliamentary Affairs, Volume 43, Issue 4, October 1990, Pages 482–496, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a052270 Published: 01 October 1990
East Germany
Essay| November 01 1989 East Germany: Coping with Gorbachev David Childs David Childs Professor of German Politics, University of Nottingham David Childs is the director of the Institute of German, Austrian and Swiss Affairs at Nottingham University. He is editor of the journal Politics and Society in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1989) 88 (541): 385–38…
Confronting the German question
Journal Article Confronting the German question: Germans on the East-West divide Get access Confronting the German question: Germans on the East-West divide. By Renata Fritsch-Bournazel. New York, Oxford: Berg. 1988. 150pp. Index. £16.50. ISBN 0 85496 100 3. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 65, Issue 2, Spring 1989, Page 350, …
The Cold War and the 'British Road', 1946-53
Even with a Labour majority the basic position in Britain remains unchanged. Britain is a bourgeois democracy and bourgeois democracy is the State political form through which capitalism exercises its dictatorship over the working class. The right-wing Labour leaders form the Government and are carrying through the basic policy of British monopoly capitalism.' The Transition to Socialism, A 3-Lesson Syllabus, published by the Communist Party, 194…
Government Coalitions in Western Democracies
Journal Article Government Coalitions in Western Democracies Get access Government Coalitions in Western Democracies. Edited by Eric C. Browneand John Dreijmanis. New York, London: Longman. 1982. 384 pp. Index. Pb. £9.95. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 1, Winter 1982, Pages 113–114, https://doi.org/10.2307/2620192 …
The People's State
PROFESSOR FULBROOK tells us ‘This book arose from the desire to understand better the ways in which many East Germans felt it was possible to lead quite “normal” lives in the GDR’. Although she does not deny that the GDR was a dictatorship with an ugly side, she feels that it was a complex political system with widespread participation, and she points to the mass membership of the SED, the trade unions and other bodies. She believes there was far…
Democracy and elections
Journal Article Democracy and elections: electoral systems and their political consequences Get access Democracy and elections: electoral systems and their political consequences. Edited by Vernon Bogdanor and David Butler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1984. 267pp. Index. £22.50. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 62, …
Let's Talk About Race”
Imagery and sounds from television, film, music, the Internet, and other media bombard American youth; dictating to them how they should act, think, or what they should believe. They often do not realize that they find much of their identity and belief systems in messages put forth to them by popular culture (Du Gay 1997; Hall 1997). Young people should think critically about their media choices and reflect on the degree that they shape their ide…
The East German Dictatorship
1University of Nottingham The East German Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives in the Interpretation of the GDR CoreyRoss LondonArnold 2002220£45 Paperback£14.99
Political parties
Political parties: electoral change and structural response Get access Political parties: electoral change and structural response. Edited by Alan Ware. Oxford: Blackwell. 1987. 281pp. Index. £25.00; ISBN 0 631 14758 6. Pb.: £8.95. ISBN 0 631 14759 4. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 64, Issue 1, Winter 1987, Pages 117–118, ht…
The GDR
The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany
Journal Article The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany Get access The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany. By Klaus von Beyme. Aldershot, Hants: Gower. 1983. 209 pp. Index. £15.00. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 4, September 1983, Pages 758–759, https://doi.org/10.2307/2619530 Publi…
East German Foreign Policy
The Other Germany
Between State Capitalism and Globalisation
Between State Capitalism and Globalisation: The Collapse of the East German Economy, by Gareth Dale (Bern: Peter Lang, 2004; pp. 371. £40). This book starts with an interesting preface and then rapidly degenerates into nearly a hundred pages with little mention of the DDR economy and its collapse. The introduction and chapters one and two are mainly devoted to theories of economic and political development based on ‘the theory of “bureaucratic st…
The Cold War and the 'British Road', 1946-53
Even with a Labour majority the basic position in Britain remains unchanged. Britain is a bourgeois democracy and bourgeois democracy is the State political form through which capitalism exercises its dictatorship over the working class. The right-wing Labour leaders form the Government and are carrying through the basic policy of British monopoly capitalism.' The Transition to Socialism, A 3-Lesson Syllabus, published by the Communist Party, 194…
Constitutional policy in unified Germany
Journal Article Constitutional policy in unified Germany Get access Constitutional policy in unified Germany. Edited by Klaus H. Goetzand Peter J. Cullen. London: Cass. 1995. 183pp. £24.00; ISBN 0 7146 4631 8. Pb.: £15.00; ISBN 0 7146 4160 x. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 72, Issue 3, July 1996, Page 613, https://doi.org/10…
Honecker’s Germany
AS HE SALUTED THE GRIM FORMATIONS OF 10,000 ‘FIGHTING groups of the working class’ and thousands of other soldiers and paramilitary police in Berlin's Karl-Marx-Allee on 13 August, Erich Honecker looked quite relaxed. He knew that his colleagues Egon Krenz (crown prince and security overlord) and Erich Mielke (Minister for State Security) had taken every precaution to ensure that there would be no counter-demonstrations to mar this celebration of…
The British Communist Party and the War, 1939-41
When the tired voice of Neville Chamberlain announced on the radio on 3 September 1939 that 'this country is at war with Germany', most of his listeners felt a mixture of fear and relief. The fear was due to the widespread belief, born mainly of extensive cinema newsreel coverage of the Spanish Civil War, that massive aerial bombardment was imminent. The relief was the result of the feeling that, at last, the uncertainty was over. The inevitable …
She Can’t Teach Us
There is a lack of racially and ethnically diverse faculty in US schools. It is very important to have a significantly higher diverse teacher to student ratio in American classrooms. Teachers of color offer a wide range of benefits to American schools and society. Black and Brown teachers can serve as role models, cultural mediators, and advocates. Other ways they benefit schools include, the fact that they can provide culturally based instructio…
United Germany
The Basic Treaty and the evolution of East–West German relations
The Basic Treaty and the evolution of East–West German relations Get access The Basic Treaty and the evolution of East–West German relations. By Ernest D. Plock. Boulder, Colo., London: Westview. 1986. 272pp. Index. Pb.: £25.00. ISBN 0 8133 7142 2. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 64, Issue 1, Winter 1987, Page 141, https://do…
From Schumacher to Brandt
The Socialist Unity Party of East Germany
The ‘Nationale Volksarmee’ of East Germany
Das Folgenschwere Missverständnis
Journal Article Das Folgenschwere Missverständnis: Bonn und die sowjetische Deutschlandpolitik 1949–1955 Get access Das Folgenschwere Missverständnis: Bonn und die sowjetische Deutschlandpolitik 1949–1955. By Klaus Erdmenger. Foreword by Waldemar Besson. Freiburg im Breisgau: Rombach. 1967. 177 pp. Bibliog. (‘Sozialwissenschaft in Theorie und Praxis.’ Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Waldemar Besson.) DM 18. David Childs David Childs Search for other …
The Future of Germany and Politik für Deutschland
Journal Article The Future of Germany and Politik für Deutschland: Ein Dokumentation Get access The Future of Germany. By Karl Jaspers. Trans. and ed. by E. B. Ashton. Foreword by Hannah Arendt. Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press. 1967 & 1968. 173 pp. $4.95. 45s.Politik für Deutschland: Ein Dokumentation. By Fritz Erler. Foreword by Willy Brandt. Ed. and compiled by Wolfgang Gaebler. Stuttgart: Seewald. 1968. 647 pp. Bibliog. Index. DM …
The Nuremberg Party Rallies
Journal Article The Nuremberg Party Rallies: 1923–39 and The Life and Death of Nazi Germany Get access The Nuremberg Party Rallies: 1923–39. By T. Burden Hamilton. Foreword by Adolf A. Berle. London: Pall Mall. 1968. 206 pp. Bibliog. Index. 50s.The Life and Death of Nazi Germany. By Robert Goldston. London: Phoenix House. 1968. 224 pp. Bibliog. Index. 30s. David Childs David Childs Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google …
Europa-Föderationspläne der Widerstandsbewegungen, 1940–1945. Eime Dokumentation
Journal Article Europa-Föderationspläne der Widerstandsbewegungen, 1940–1945. Eime Dokumentation Get access Europa-Föderationspläne der Widerstandsbewegungen, 1940–1945. Eime Dokumentation. Collected and arranged by Walter Lipgens. Munich: Oldenbourg. 1968. 547 pp. Index. (Schriften des Forschungsinstituts der deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik E.V., Band 26.) DM 52. David Childs David Childs Search for other works by this author on: O…
East Germany
Germany
Journal Article Germany: Illusions and Dilemmas Get access Germany: Illusions and Dilemmas. By Carl Landauer. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. 1969. 360 pp. Index. $8.95. David Childs David Childs Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 46, Issue 3, July 1970, Pages 574–575, https://doi.org/10.2307/2613256 Published: 01 July 1970
The Canaris Conspiracy
Journal Article The Canaris Conspiracy: The Secret Resistance to Hitler in the German Army, Widerstand-Staatsstreich-Attentat: Der Kampf der Opposition gegen Hitler, Gegen den Nationalsozialismus: Widerstand und Verfolgung in Dortmund 1930–1945. Eine historisch-politische Studie, The Tragedy of Nazi Germany and Der Heimliche Krieg auf Deutschem Boden: Seit 1945 Get access The Canaris Conspiracy: The Secret Resistance to Hitler in the German Army.…
Discovery and "Recognition" of East Germany
Europäische Sicherheitskonferenz, Ausgleich mit Osteuropa
Journal Article Europäische Sicherheitskonferenz, Ausgleich mit Osteuropa: Versuch einer Europäischen Friedensordnung and A Socialist Foreign Policy? Get access Europäische Sicherheitskonferenz. Ed. by Hans-Peter Schwarz and Helga Haftendorn. Opladen: Leske. 1970. 157 pp. (Aktuelle Aussenpolitik. Schriftenreihe des Forschungsinstituts der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik.) DM 6.80.Ausgleich mit Osteuropa: Versuch einer Europäischen F…
The German Democratic Republic from the Sixties to the Seventies
Journal Article The German Democratic Republic from the Sixties to the Seventies: A Socio-Political Analysis Get access The German Democratic Republic from the Sixties to the Seventies: A Socio-Political Analysis. By Peter Christian Ludz. Foreword by Karl W. Deutsch. Cambridge, Mass.: Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. 1970. 100 pp. Bibliog. (Occasional Papers in International Affairs No. 26.) $3.00. David Childs David Childs S…
Honecker and the New Politics of Europe
Journal Article Honecker and the New Politics of Europe Get access Honecker and the New Politics of Europe. By Heinz Lippmann. Translated by Helen Sebba. New York: Macmillan. 1972. London: Angus & Robertson. 1973. 272 pp. Index. £2⋅95. David Childs David Childs Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 50, Issue 1, January 1974, Pages 142–143, https://doi.org/10.2307/2615270 Published: …
German Politics under Soviet Occupation
The British Communist Party and the War, 1939-41
When the tired voice of Neville Chamberlain announced on the radio on 3 September 1939 that 'this country is at war with Germany', most of his listeners felt a mixture of fear and relief. The fear was due to the widespread belief, born mainly of extensive cinema newsreel coverage of the Spanish Civil War, that massive aerial bombardment was imminent. The relief was the result of the feeling that, at last, the uncertainty was over. The inevitable …
East German Foreign Policy
Trade Unions and Politics in Western Europe and The State in Western Europe
Journal Article Trade Unions and Politics in Western Europe and The State in Western Europe Get access Trade Unions and Politics in Western Europe. Edited by Jack Hayward. London: Cass. 1980. 138 pp. £12.50.The State in Western Europe. Edited by Richard Scase. London: Croom Helm. 1980. £12.95. Pb:£6.50. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affair…
The analysis of interpersonal perceptions as a repertory grid
In order to set goals and evaluate progress in therapy with couples it is important to begin with a clear formulation of the problem. The technique described provides quantitative data on three aspects of a relationship. Firstly, the extent to which a couple are in fact using a common language. Second, the extent to which they agree, understand each other's point of view, and realize how they are understood. Thirdly, the differences between their…
Peace and Detente
Journal Article Peace and Detente: Foreign Policy of the Social Democratic Party of Germany Get access Peace and Detente: Foreign Policy of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. By Dev Asopa. New Delhi: Sopan. 1980. 259 pp. Rs: 80.00.$16.00 David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 57, Issue 2, Spring 1981, Pages 344–345, https://doi…
Government Coalitions in Western Democracies
Journal Article Government Coalitions in Western Democracies Get access Government Coalitions in Western Democracies. Edited by Eric C. Browneand John Dreijmanis. New York, London: Longman. 1982. 384 pp. Index. Pb. £9.95. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 1, Winter 1982, Pages 113–114, https://doi.org/10.2307/2620192 …
Federalism and judicial review in West Germany
Journal Article Federalism and judicial review in West Germany Get access Federalism and judicial review in West Germany. By Philip M. Blair. Oxford: Clarendon (Oxford University Press). 1981. 332pp. Index. £22.50. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 3, July 1983, Pages 524–525, https://doi.org/10.2307/2618868 Published…
The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany
Journal Article The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany Get access The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany. By Klaus von Beyme. Aldershot, Hants: Gower. 1983. 209 pp. Index. £15.00. David Childs David Childs 1University of Nottingham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 4, September 1983, Pages 758–759, https://doi.org/10.2307/2619530 Publi…
The GDR
In the beginning - 1945-1953 from the course to the Berlin Wall - 1954-1961 in from the cold - 1962-1976 the SED and the bureaucratic stratum the constitution - just a beautiful illusion? the economy - a kind of miracle? education - for factory, laboratory and barracks the intellectuals - conformists, outsiders and others the mass media - not just newspeak? the new woman...with some old problems defending the GDR in Berlin, Prague and Luanda fore…
The GDR
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