Power, Security and the Past: Polish-German Relations in the Context of EU and NATO Enlargements

Zaborowski, Marcin

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“…Unlike the pivotal role played by Holocaust representations for Israeli‐German relations, the Second World War constitutes one episode in a long‐lasting historical relationship between Poles and Germans, and Polish attitudes towards Germany are no longer fully determined by the history of the Second World War (Gardner Feldman, ). Instead, more recent issues, such as joint interests in a secure EU and NATO (Zaborowski, ), and economic relations with Germany, Poland's main trading partner after 1989, may influence Polish attitudes towards Germany.…”

Section: Attributions For the Holocaustmentioning

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Explaining the Inexplicable: Differences in Attributions for the Holocaust in Germany, Israel, and Poland

Bilewicz

Hanke

Kahn

et al. 2016

Political Psychology

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Seventy years have passed since the Holocaust, but this cataclysmic event continues to reverberate in the present. In this research, we examine attributions about the causes of the Holocaust and the influence of such attributions on intergroup relations. Three representative surveys were conducted among Germans, Poles, and Israeli Jews to examine inter-and intragroup variations in attributions for the Holocaust and how these attributions influence intergroup attitudes. Results indicated that Germans made more external than internal attributions and were especially low in attributing an evil essence to their ancestors. Israelis and Poles mainly endorsed the obedient essence attribution and were lowest on attribution to coercion. These attributions, however, were related to attitudes towards contemporary Germany primarily among Israeli Jews. The more they endorsed situationist explanations, and the less they endorsed the evil essence explanation, the more 1 0162-895X bs_bs_banner positive their attitude to Germany. Among Germans, attributions were related to a higher motivation for historical closure, except for the obedience attribution that was related to low desire for closure. Israelis exhibited a low desire for historical closure especially when attribution for evil essence was high. These findings suggest that lay perceptions of history are essential to understanding contemporary intergroup processes.

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Section: Attributions For the Holocaustmentioning

confidence: 99%

Explaining the Inexplicable: Differences in Attributions for the Holocaust in Germany, Israel, and Poland

Bilewicz

Hanke

Kahn

et al. 2016

Political Psychology

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“…Poland, for example, when embarking on its territorial reform in 1998, chose the German model in setting up a second tier of local government (the so-called powiat), while the French unitary model prevailed in establishing the rules governing the third regional tier. 6 Overall, the international dimension of democratization in ECE is difficult to conceptualize on account of its highly political nature as well as its complexity and ideational rather than strictly material character. Although it is clear to many observers that the 'international context' is vital for democratization, difficult questions remain as to what exactly the 'international context' is and how it interacts with domestic forces.…”

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Westernizing the east: external influences in the post-communist transformation of eastern and central europe

Zaborowski

2005

Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics

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Despite the large amount of literature analysing the transition and the growing body of literature on the 'coercive' impact of the EU and NATO, the more 'voluntary' dimensions of policy diffusion remain under-researched. In fact, external influences have been quite substantial, and have manifested themselves in various ways, as an examination of the role of the most important international actors shows. Empirical evidence from an analysis of the transformations in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia permits the construction of a framework for the study of external influences on post-communist politics across the phases of transition.

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Power, Security and the Past: Polish-German Relations in the Context of EU and NATO Enlargements

Cited by 2 publications

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Explaining the Inexplicable: Differences in Attributions for the Holocaust in Germany, Israel, and Poland

Explaining the Inexplicable: Differences in Attributions for the Holocaust in Germany, Israel, and Poland

Westernizing the east: external influences in the post-communist transformation of eastern and central europe

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