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In October of 1943, the Danish resistance rescued almost all of the Jews in Copenhagen from roundups by the occupying Nazis. In the years since, Jews have become deeply engaged in a Danish culture that presents very few barriers of anti-Semitism or prejudice. This telling ethnographic study explores the questions that such inclusion raises for the Danish Jews, and what their answers can tell us about the meaning of religion, ethnicity, and community in modern society.

Social scientists have long argued that modernity poses challenges to traditional ethnic communities, by breaking down the networks of locality, kinship, religion and occupation that have held such communities together. For Danish Jews, inclusion into the larger society has led to increasing fragmentation, as the community has split into a bewlidering array of religious, social, and political factions. The community's persistent vitality in the face of such fragmentation, and the ongoing importance of Jewishness to the self-identity of its members, points to a new understanding of the meaning of ethnic community in contemporary society.
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Engaging, compelling, well written
This description of contemporary Jewish life and identity in Denmark is extremely well written, thoughtful, and powerful. The author explores various aspects of Jewish life (religious, communal, social, international, etc.) and charts the various sub-groups within Copenhagen's fractured Jewish community. These discussions are deftly embedded in historical context -- the author describes the various waves of Jewish immigration to Denmark over the past few centuries, and of course also places his analysis within the shadow of the 1943 rescue of Danish Jewry from the Nazis.

The entire book is nuanced and sensitive. The author allows his informants to speak for themselves and tell their own stories, but also shares plenty of his own observations and insights. The book is peppered with many interesting anecdotes and stories, some poignant, some disturbing, others humorous.

The author seems hopeful that Jewish life in Denmark will persist well into the future -- I am not so sure. I'm not sure I buy the whole "symbolic ethnicity" stuff.

Anyone interested in contemporary Jewish identity, contemporary Denmark, or good ethnographic analyses of communities, will find this book incredibly enriching and rewarding. ... Read more

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Local government takes upon itself important tasks and are prime movers in the implementation of new developments in most welfare societies. How it has managed itself is clearly not an unimportant matter, but it is something we know comparatively little about. This volume is concerned with the top civil servants in local government, the Chief Executive Officers, those who form the link between the political and the administrative system.Based on a statistical survey, this is a comparative study which looks at fifteen countries: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel (the only country not to conduct the survey), Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and USA. Potentially, the CEO holds an important position in local administrative and political life, yet we know little about them, how they are recruited, how they regard their own role and particularly their position vis-a-vis the political system. This is what the contributors set out to explore country by country, and the results are discussed in two overview chapters. ... Read more

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In recent years, administrative leadership of local governments has responded to the pressures generated by financial strain, control from central government, structural reforms, and demands from citizens, users, and organised interests. As a result, the working conditions for municipal CEOs are changing. This book is about the bonds between individual CEOs and their organisation in Western local governments. By bonds we mean not only formal contracts, but also norms and values.Survey data, interviews and field studies are used to answer questions which are equally relevant to scholars and practitioners, such as: what impact do structural reforms have on the job as administrative leader in local government? What are the value orientations and educational backgrounds of the people applying for the job today? How are the required qualifications of municipal CEOs defined? What impact do pressures on local government have on CEOs? Which factors shape the daily life of a municipal CEO? And finally, why do CEOs in some settings have long tenures, while others run the daily risk of being fired?An international team of 13 researchers carry out comparative analyses covering: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden United Kingdom. ... Read more

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With "A Nation of Architecture - Denmark" we have, for the first time, a comprehensive architectural policy for Denmark. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1777Original Publisher: T. BecketSubjects: Europe, NorthernHistory / Europe / GeneralHistory / MedievalNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: CHAP. IV.Of the Laws, Cu/loms, and Policy of Rus si A, reflecting Agriculture Manufactures, and Commerce.WHOEVER reflects upon the ftate of Ruma before Peter the Firft afcended the throne, will be filled with amazement, when he fees or hears of the changes which this empire has undergone fince that aera, and how much it is divefted of its ancient ftate of ignorance and barbarifm. Towards the clofe of the laft century Ruffia was very little known in the Commercial World, and if the czar Peter the Firft had not by the force of his fuperior genius perceived the wants of his fubjects, and the great advantages that commerce would procure them, and with a refolution peculiar to himfelf refolved to fupply thofe wants, and to procure them thofe advantages even againft their inclination, they might to this day have remained in their ancient ftate of barbarifm.Before this great prince left his own territories, he was totally unacquainted with the laws and regulations of other ftates, as much in facl as his own fubjects were then, and as much as the Tartars are at prefent; but by travelling through foreign ftates he informed himfelf of the means which were necefl'ary to be adopted to render a ftate flouriming and to make his fubjects happy, to draw them out of their ignorance and indolence, and to excite emulation among them for trade and commerce, the only fure means whereby a nation can be exalted to true greatnefs and power.R r 2 TheThe liberty and encouragement likewife which this great prince ga... ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.
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Completely updated and revised for this new edition, our unique electronic book on two CD-ROMs has an amazing collection of the finest federal documents and resources about Denmark, providing encyclopedic coverage of all aspects of the country. This disc set provides a truly fantastic reference source, with over one hundred thousand pages reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format! There is complete coverage of newsworthy material about Denmark, including the Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE), economic reports, country commercial guides, Marshall Plan, visit by President Bush, and agriculture.This incredible and comprehensive series on the countries of the world contains material from the State Department, Department of Defense, White House, and cabinet agencies including Agriculture, Energy, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.There is complete information about geography, people, government, the economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.In addition to the nation-specific material, as a bonus we have included reports about every country on the globe, with 271 nations, dependent areas, and other entities identified by the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA World Factbook is considered an invaluable "world encyclopedia" reference book.This incredible two CD-ROM set is packed with over 100,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material.Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly ... Read more

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Completely updated and revised for this new edition, our unique electronic book on two CD-ROMs has an amazing collection of the finest federal documents and resources about Denmark, providing encyclopedic coverage of all aspects of the country. This disc set provides a truly fantastic reference source, with over one hundred thousand pages reproduced in Adobe Acrobat format! There is complete coverage of newsworthy material about Denmark, including the Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE), economic reports, country commercial guides, Marshall Plan, visit by President Bush, and agriculture.This incredible and comprehensive series on the countries of the world contains material from the State Department, Department of Defense, White House, and cabinet agencies including Agriculture, Energy, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.There is complete information about geography, people, government, the economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.In addition to the nation-specific material, as a bonus we have included reports about every country on the globe, with 271 nations, dependent areas, and other entities identified by the Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA World Factbook is considered an invaluable "world encyclopedia" reference book.This incredible two CD-ROM set is packed with over 100,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material.Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly ... Read more

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"The Constitutional Documents of Denmark, Norway and Sweden" is published as volume six of the Europe. Part of the series "Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the Middle of the 19th Century", this volume contains 32 of the most important constitutional documents from these three countries. The historian Thomas Riis has edited the three Danish constitutional texts from the period 1831 to 1849 included in this volume: the "Anordning angaaende Provindsial-Staenders indforelse i Danmark" (1831), the "Verfassungsentwurf fur Danemark, Schleswig und Holstein" (1848) and "Danmarks Riges Grundlov" (1849).A total of six constitutional documents were published in Norway during the relevant period, and each has been edited and annotated here by the jurist Dag Michalsen. Central to these documents are the two constitutions called "Kongeriget Norges Grundlov" from the year 1814 and the "Rigs-Act" of 1815, which have been edited along with their corresponding amendments.The Swedish section of the volume is edited by Magnus Isberg, research assistant at the Swedish parliament, and contains six constitutional texts; namely, the "Regerings-Form" of 1809, the "Riksdags-Ordning" of 1810, and both the first and second "Successions-Ordning" (1809/10) and "Tryckfrihets-Forordning". ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Publisher: T. Becket; Publication date: 1777; Subjects: Europe, Northern; History / Europe / General; History / Medieval; ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Automotive Industries, published by Diesel & Gas Turbine Publications on June 22, 2009. The length of the article is 647 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Government steers green drive in Denmark.(innovation)(Interview)
Author: Steve Barclay
Publication: Automotive Industries (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2009
Publisher: Diesel & Gas Turbine Publications
Volume: 188Issue: 2Page: 22(1)

Article Type: Interview

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