Bøger af Barbara Theriault

Drawing on the sociology of Max Weber, Barbara Theriault investigates today's relations toward difference within German police forces. Accompanying and interviewing police officers whose job it is to contribute to the acknowledgement of difference, the sociologist outlines three ideal types of actors - an empathetic, a principled, and an opportunist one - and the motives underlying their actions. A fourth type, the specialist, is conspicuously absent. Why is that so? Solving this enigma helps depicting the relations to difference within police forces: it points to a specific spirit of diversity and a singular way to apprehend the individual in Germany.

During the 40 years of division, the Protestant and Catholic churches in Germany were the only organizations to retain strong ties and organizational structures. In this volume, the author delineates the conflicting conceptions of the Protestant and Catholic churches' public role and pays special attention the East German model.