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Mayoral Collaboration under Nazi Occupation in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, 1938-46
Nico Wouters
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Hardback. Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1DDF; 1DDN; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTB; HBWQ; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
This book explores the role of mayors in navigating the realities of living and governing under Nazi occupation. In Western Europe under Nazi occupation, mayors of villages and cities were forced into strategic cooperation with the occupier. Mayors had to provide good governance, mediate between occupier and populations, maintain personal legitimacy, and build local consensus. However, as national systems underwent authoritarian reform and collaborationists infiltrated administrations, local governments were gradually turned into instruments of Nazi control and repression. Nico Wouters uses rich new archival data to compare the realities of local government in three countries. Looking at topics such as ... Read more
This book explores the role of mayors in navigating the realities of living and governing under Nazi occupation. In Western Europe under Nazi occupation, mayors of villages and cities were forced into strategic cooperation with the occupier. Mayors had to provide good governance, mediate between occupier and populations, maintain personal legitimacy, and build local consensus. However, as national systems underwent authoritarian reform and collaborationists infiltrated administrations, local governments were gradually turned into instruments of Nazi control and repression. Nico Wouters uses rich new archival data to compare the realities of local government in three countries. Looking at topics such as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
595g
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319328409
SKU
V9783319328409
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Ref
99-15
About Nico Wouters
Nico Wouters is Academic Coordinator at the Brussels CegeSoma and Guest Professor at the History Department of Ghent University, Belgium. He is co-editor in chief of the Journal of Belgian History and editorial board member of the Low Countries Historical Review. He recently published an edited volume, Transitional Justice and Memory in Europe 1945-2013 (2014).
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