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Paré, Sophie. "L’engagement religieux, politique et sociétal des Kriegsenkel dans l’Allemagne contemporaine : Répercussions du national-socialisme dans l’histoire familiale et les biographies individuelles." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Angers, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023ANGE0084.
The National Socialism represents a gloomy period of German history. It has been the subject of numerous controversies in academic circles. Initially considered a taboo in post-war society, it was better accepted officially in the following decades, so much so that a culture of remembrance saw the light of day in the late eighties. This remarkable sign of willingness to beself-critical is to be praised. Nonetheless, it never truly managed to penetrate the private sphere : that is why the Nazi past still remains a painful subject in the families of our respondents, who see themselves as Kriegsenkel. But who are they? Kriegsenkel literally means “The grandchildren of the War”. The term refers to the grandparents who were involved in the Hitlerian regime.The Kriegsenkel, most of whom were born between 1960 and 1980 identify with this conceptby choice. It also involves the idea of a transgenerational transmission of trauma stemming from the second conflict. At the turn ofthe 2000s Kriegsenkel talking groups emerged in German-speaking countries, which was an unprecedented phenomenon.This study presents the results of a qualitative survey of the Kriegsenkel whose family history was marked by the Third Reich. The descendants of leading Nazi dignitaries are however not included in our sample group. Our aim is to explore the fallouts of the National Socialism in the biography of respondents through the prism of their religious, political and societal involvements. The survey reveals how memory, History and involvement fit together
Akers, Laura, and Laura Akers. "Patterns in Individual Endorsement of Societal Metanarratives." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12522.
Ng, Raye. "Corporate culture in Singapore : Chinese capitalism, societal characteristics and political economy." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.539507.
Kang, Jun Hee. "Do societal expectations/pressure drive unhappiness in south korea?" Thesis, Georgetown University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1586276.
While South Korea is ranked high in education, economies and technological development, the level of South Koreans' happiness has not grown simultaneously. This fact contradicts the common sense that improvements in living standards, such as income or education, lead to gains in happiness or individual wellbeing. In order to examine the phenomenon of decreasing perceived individual wellbeing in light of increasing income levels, I analyze the relationship between societal expectations/pressure and happiness in South Korea, using data from the World Value survey conducted in 2010. The uniquely high concentration on human capital in South Korea has played a major factor for extreme competitiveness. Since the financial crisis in 1997, the competitive job market has produced few job opportunities, which has caused a high level of social pressure. The major finding of this study is that the impact of societal expectations on unhappiness increases as people get older and it is more powerful among people of lower income. Also, social pressure has a greater negative effect on happiness for females than males in South Korea. Even when controlling for independent variables, including job security, wages, and high living costs, I show social pressure to have a first order impact on perceived well-being among Korean citizens. From a policy perspective, low levels of happiness can ultimately cause social instability and loss of human capital. Expected policy implications are increasing the number of college entrance exams and fostering work life balance initiatives. In this sense, the findings of this paper can serve as a guideline for the South Korean government not only to improve the overall economic productivity of South Korean society, but also enhance the quality of life along important societal dimensions.
Saintsing, Matthew B. "A Tale of Two `Kenyas’: An African Case of Societal Securitization." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1439562121.
Derlich, Stephanie. "Civil society involvement in peace processes : The case of Afghanistan." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105429.
MONTALBANO, GIUSEPPE. "Reshaping hegemony: societal interests and political power in the European post‐crisis financial governance." Doctoral thesis, Luiss Guido Carli, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11385/201108.
Cooper, Jasmine M. "Reconsidering Well-Being: Optimization at the Societal Level." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2016. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1323.
Acik-Toprak, Necla. "Civic engagement in Europe : a multilevel study of the effect of individual and national determinants on political participation, political consumerism and associational involvement." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2009. http://www.manchester.ac.uk/escholar/uk-ac-man-scw:94093.
McCarthy, Liam Patrick. "The operationalisation of political and societal securitization theory, and its application to post-colonial Indonesia." Thesis, Swansea University, 2006. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42546.
Thompson, Mark Colin. "Emerging socio-political representation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3569.
Manget-Johnson, Carol Anne. "Dread Talk: The Rastafarians' Linguistic Response to Societal Oppression." unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07182008-150257/.
Title from file title page. Mary Zeigler, committee chair; Marti Singer, Lynée Gaillet, committee members. Electronic text (113 [i.e. 112] p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Oct. 1, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110).
Coymak, Ahmet. "Associations Of Religious Identification, Secular Identification, Perceived Discrimination, And Political Trust With Ethnic And Societal (national) Identification." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610734/index.pdf.
structure. Supporting hypothesis stemming from Social Identity Theory and Optimal Distinctiveness Theory, political trust and perceived discrimination have roles of mediation in the relationship ethnic and societal identification, by contrast with secular and religious identities in the relationship. Results were discussed for their implications to politic context of the Turkey.
Sepúlveda, Cofré Rut. "Partiet som utflöde av samhället : En argumentationsanalys av det nyuppkomna partiet Feministiskt Initiativ." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-15153.
Kunze, Sven Philip [Verfasser], and Axel [Akademischer Betreuer] Dreher. "Geospatial Analyses of Natural Disasters: Economic Impacts, Societal Responses, and Political Bias / Sven Philip Kunze ; Betreuer: Axel Dreher." Heidelberg : Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1236403134/34.
Hyöty, H. (Helena). "”Toiset rakastavat, toiset vihaavat.”:Ilmari Kiannon tuotannon julkinen reseptio Suomessa." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2015. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526209623.
Tiivistelmä Väitöskirjani käsittelee Ilmari Kiannon (1874–1970) tuotannon julkista reseptiota Suomessa. Tutkimustani on ohjannut kontekstuaalinen analyysi, joka on ollut Kiannon teosten voittopuoleisesti yhteiskunnallisten teemojen kannalta hedelmällinen lähtökohta. Kiannon aikalaisvastaanotossa eivät korostuneet niinkään teosten esteettiset ominaisuudet, vaan teosten merkitys ilmestymisaikansa yhteiskunnallisessa kontekstissa. Myöhempi Kiannon tutkimuksellinen reseptio on keskittynyt tuotannon esteettisesti korkeatasoisimmiksi arvostettuihin ja suomalaisen kirjallisuuden kaanoniin nousseisiin kansankuvauksiin, Punaiseen viivaan ja Ryysyrannan Jooseppiin, jotka ovat jättäneet varjoonsa Kiannon muun tuotannon. Kiannon koko tuotannon läpikäyvää reseptiota käsittelevän väitöskirjani tarkoitus onkin täyttää sitä aukkoa, joka sekä kirjallisuushistorialta että tutkimuskirjallisuudelta on Kiannon osalta jäänyt. Tutkimukseni osoittaa, että Kiannon teokset nivoutuvat aina lyriikkaa ja romaanituotantoa myöten aikansa polttavimpiin yhteiskunnallisiin, poliittisiin ja eettisiin kysymyksiin. Kiantoa voidaankin teosten ja vastaanoton pohjalta pitää aikansa merkittävänä yhteiskunnallisena keskustelijana ja monien sosiaalisten ongelmien esilletuojana. Kiannon teosten vaateet lainsäädännön päivittämisestä modernin ajan ihmisen aatemaailmaa vastaavaksi muun muassa uskonnonvapauden ja siviiliavioliiton laillistamisen puolesta saivat aikalaisvastaanotossa runsaasti vastakaikua, mutta toivat myös jumalanpilkkasyytteitä. Tutkimukseni osoittaa myös, että Kiannosta jälkipolville muotoutunut julkisuuskuva ei tee oikeutta Kiannon koko aikalaisvastaanotolle, josta on jäänyt elämään lähinnä Kiannon maine säälimättömänä valkoisena ”lahtarina” yhden tietyn ahkerasti levitetyn propaganda-artikkelin takia. Koko vastaanoton kautta tarkasteltuna Kianto nähtiin yleisesti köyhälistön puolestapuhujana ja sisällissodan jälkeen jo vuonna 1918 valmistuneella teoksellaan Elämän ja kuoleman kentältä myös sodan vastustajana, joka joutui kustantajien hylkäämäksi ja sai ko. teoksensa julkaistua vasta vuonna 1928. Kiannon talvisodan aikaan saama kuritushuonetuomio sotapetoksen yrityksestä oli Kiannon kirjailijamaineen kannalta traagisin tapahtuma, joka merkitsi hänen erottamistaan Kirjailijaliitosta ja vuosikymmenen kestänyttä hylkimistään vastaanotossa aina 1950-luvulle asti
Cruea, Mark Douglas. "The Virtual Hand: Exploring the Societal Effects of Video Game Industry Business Models." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1320430304.
Sjölén, Gustafsson Markus. "Difference and social cohesion : A Study of Different Identities' Effect on Societal Cohesiveness." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-355541.
Lance, Justin Earl. "An Institutional Approach to Understanding Leftist Party Change in Brazil: Corporate Campaign Contributions, Leadership Moderation, and Societal Interests." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1276807052.
Bench, Sheree Maxwell. ""Woman Arise!": Political Work in the Writings of Lu Dalton." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2002. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4518.
Cunha, André Emanuel Valente Roseta. "The art of security:human security and why China needs it." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/5886.
A China é um país em transição. Depois de o Partido Comunista Chinês ter tomado controlo do aparelho de Estado em meados do século XXI, a China passou de um país relativamente imprevisível e turbulento para uma das maiores economias mundiais no início do século XXI. Mas à medida que crescem os receios regionais quanto à modernização das forças armadas Chinesas e da sua ascensão aparente ao estatuto de superpotência, descontentamento interno relativamente ao papel do PCC na tomada de decisão, poluição descontrolada, tensões étnicas e corrupção política ameaçam atingir aquilo que a elite mais deseja: estabilidade social. Usando uma perspectiva da Segurança Humana filtrada de contradições metodológicas, esta tese procura agregar, descrever e analisar os riscos de uma vasta gama de vulnerabilidades que ameaçam as aspirações de longo-prazo da China, os seus imperativos de segurança, a legitimidade política da elite, o modelo de transição e, sobretudo, as expectativas da população.
China is a country in transition. After the Chinese Communist Party took control of the State apparatus in the middle of the XX century, China went from an unpredictable and rather turbulent country into a world’s major economy by the beginning of the XXI century. But as regional fears arise over the modernization of the Chinese military and the country’s apparent rise into the status of superpower, internal disgruntlement over the role of the CCP in policymaking, rampant pollution, ethnic tension and political corruption threaten to hit the leadership in what it desires the most: social stability. By using a Human Security perspective expunged from methodological contradictions, this thesis seeks to collect, describe and assess the risks of a wide range of vulnerabilities that threaten China’s long-term aspirations, security imperatives, the leadership’s legitimacy, the model of transition and, above all, the hopes of the population.
Lacouture, Matthew Thomas. "Liberalization, Contention, and Threat: Institutional Determinates of Societal Preferences and the Arab Spring in Tunisia and Morocco." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2130.
Gresham, Mitchell. "Who Owns A Handgun?: An Analysis of the Correlates of Handgun Ownership in Young Adulthood." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu147881245017819.
Schneiderman, Maya Danielle. "THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOCIETAL RESPONSE TO THE HARM OF TOBACCO VERSUS THE HARM OF CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ROLE OF PARTY DISCOURSE ON THE POLARIZATION OF PUBLIC OPINION." Ohio University Art and Sciences Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1528314554965568.
Greene-Sanders, Dominique T. N. "The Plausibility of a Slippery Slope: Guantanamo Bay as an Example of Direct/Indirect Participation in Torture and the Corruption of Societal Morality." UNF Digital Commons, 2014. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/536.
Rottenbacher, Jan Marc. "The discrimination against domestic helpers, and social-spatial segregation in the beaches of Lima." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2015. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/100766.
En una muestra de estudiantes universitarios, se analiza la influencia de la ideología política conservadora sobre el apoyo al trato discriminatorio hacia las empleadas domésticas y sobre la actitud favorable hacia la segregación socioespacial en el uso de los balnearios de Lima. Se utilizaron medidas de autoritarismo de ala derecha (RWA) y de orientación hacia la dominancia social (SDO). La intolerancia a la ambigüedad se utilizó como indicador de rigidez cognitiva. Un diagrama de sendero propone que la SDO y la intolerancia a la ambigüedad ejercen influencia directa sobre el apoyo al trato discriminatorio hacia las empleadas domésticas. Asimismo, la SDO y el RWA ejercen influencia directa sobre el apoyo hacia la segregación socioespacial en el uso de los balnearios. Se observó, además, una asociación directa entre actitudes discriminatorias frente a las empleadas domésticas y una actitud favorable hacia la segregación socioespacial.
Johansson, Viktor. "How to study the Occurrence of Cascading Effects in Critical Infrastructure : Evaluating and Developing a Method for gathering data on critical infrastructure dependencies." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160656.
Nonninger, Dirk. "The establishment and use of cross border criminal intelligence under a European Criminal Intelligence Model in a period of modernism and post modernism societal change in the EU, and issues of accountability and human rights in the dissemination of such criminal intelligence exchange." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2017. http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1224/.
Ujkani, Venera. "The Moderate Party and the Swedish Democrats Idea Development 2010-2018 : Comprehending the Parties Migration Policy Development Through Rational Action, Societal Discourses and Critical Junctures." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-84656.
Lindeby, Susanna. "Processes of feelings in a society with a violent past : A qualitative study of the communication for Societal healing in the Truth Commissions in East Timor, Sri Lanka and Ghana between 2002-2011." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Statsvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-13006.
Siverskog, Anna. "Demokrati ur politikers och ungdomars perspektiv : - En diskursanalytisk studie om demokratiska förutsättningar i Norrköpings kommun." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-10072.
The democratic conditions in national states have change radically at the same time as the society has changed. Because of social and economic globalization processes, the states and government has lost power for the benefit of transnational and global institutions. That affects the democracy since the nation state earlier defined the domain of citizenship. At the same time, citizens’ confidence towards political parties and politicians has gone down. These trends have lead to a situation that is spoken about as the crisis of democracy. The globalization has however also created new possibilities for political arenas and way to be politically organized.
This thesis is about democracy; about being able to influence one’s own situation and the society one live in. It’s also about the protracted struggle between different groups to be able to do this. This field is very wide and the possible ways to examine it are endless, but the part that will be in focus here is the municipality of Norrköping. It will be about how the municipality, trough the Committee of Democracy, which is appointed by the municipal council, works with democracy, but also about how young people in Norrköping feels that they can influence and effect. The study is based on analysis of reports and interviews with representatives from the Committee of Democracy and on interviews with young people who are politically involved in social movements. The study is written from a discourse analysis approach and the theoretical frame of reference revolves around discourse, power, governmentality and theories about the postmodern society.
Schubert, Daniel Kurt Josef. "Bewertung von Szenarien für Energiesysteme: Potenziale, Grenzen und Akzeptanz." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-202226.
Mbani, Jordan. "Processus de détermination d’une entité comme partie prenante." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2015CNAM0966/document.
The purpose of this study is to understand how a social entity becomes a stakeholder. The various methods of determining the stakeholders are criticized on their heuristic value. One of these problems is their inability to say "who" is a stakeholder and "who" is not. In other words, the stakeholder theory lacks a criterion of falsifiability. Therefore, understanding the process by which an entity becomes a stakeholder means that this entity is not a priori a stakeholder. Consequently, studying the process by which a group of individuals becomes a stakeholder of a company returns to state a criterion of falsification. This is the general problem of this research.To understand this process, it is said that any group cannot be considered at beginning as a stakeholder but it can become a stakeholder. The empirical phase is based on a multiple- case study. Three companies are studied. The study reveals three main results. First, the firm is seen as a four-relationship node. Second, all parties cannot be consider as stakeholders. Finally, according to the link through which an individual or group of individuals is related to the organization, it assumes a special role. These links are: the partnership relationship, the legal-political relationship, the commercial relationship and the societal relationship. Persons related to the company by a partnership relationship are partners. Individuals related to the company by the commercial relationship are clients. The legal and political relationship puts a person in connection with the company through legal or political institutions. Individuals related to the company by the societal relationship are stakeholders.The process by which a group of individuals can become stakeholders begins with the occurrence of an element in issue (decision, organizational behavior). The process is random, unpredictable, and temporary because any decision of a company do not cause mobilizations
Mancus, Philip Michael. "An international division of nature : the effects of structural adjustment on agricultural sustainability /." Thesis, Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank) Connect to title online (ProQuest), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10247.
Henceroth, Nathan William. "The VA: A Political Solution to a Societal Problem." Master's thesis, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-278893.
Desposato, Scott William. "Institutional theories, societal realities, and party politics in Brazil." 2001. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/51866300.html.
Zhang, Jia-Hao, and 張嘉豪. "Comparative Research on the Political Involvements of Northern Wei Empress Dowagers Feng and Hu." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54755069767270680134.
Myslivečková, Michaela. "Občanská angažovanost v hlavním městě Praze a motivace jejích obyvatel k politické participaci." Master's thesis, 2015. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-333516.
Granzow, Kara Naomi. "Racism, violence and the politics of societal indifference in Edmonton, Alberta." 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10048/1106.
"Spring 2010." Title from title screen (viewed on April 20, 2010) A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology. At head of title: University of Alberta.
Shirley, Shirley Kathleen. "Shifts in societal perception of mental retardation concurrent with social, economic and political change." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5933.
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1996.
Martineau, Nicolas-Guillaume M. "Essays on Political Parties, their Organization, and Policy Choice." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6862.
Thesis (Ph.D, Economics) -- Queen's University, 2011-11-03 12:16:33.632
Ockey, James Soren. "Business leaders, gangsters, and the middle class societal groups and civilian rule in Thailand /." 1992. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/33670840.html.
Hicks, Bruce M. "Societal cleavages and institutional change in Canada : retention, reform and removal of nominee councils." Thèse, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/6258.
By conceiving of any society as having two dominant cleavages, one ‘social’ and one ‘partisan’, this dissertation develops a theory on institutional change. The initial hypothesis that social groups created by the former will act to restrain institutional change and that change will occur when a partisan group emerges that can cross the social cleavage was tested by processes tracing the changes which were proposed and which occurred to the appointed councils established in British North America. These councils were modified a number of times, becoming second chambers in the provincial legislatures, and were eventually each abolished. The evidence found supports the hypothesis, though it is not sufficient to have a partisan group that can cross the cleavage drive change, a partisan debate over the change was necessary. This also challenges the prevailing theory that social cleavages lead to political party formation, suggesting the benefit of using these two cleavages for the study of institutions.
Lee, Seung Hyok. "Missiles, Abductions, and Sanctions: Societal Influences on Japanese Policy Toward North Korea, 1998-2006." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/29657.
"Representation, Homophily, and Polarization in The U.S. House of Representatives in the Twitter Era." Doctoral diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38514.
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Everling, Kathleen M. "Lau vs. Nichols 40 Years Later - Where Are We Now? A Study of Philosophical, Political, Cultural and Societal Issues Impacting Bilingual Education in the Early 21st Century." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-12-7391.
Schubert, Daniel Kurt Josef. "Bewertung von Szenarien für Energiesysteme: Potenziale, Grenzen und Akzeptanz." Doctoral thesis, 2015. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A29470.
Landry, Rémi. "Turbulences et changements institutionnels au sein de la Société internationale : une perspective historique." Thèse, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/4415.
Turbulence and institutional changes within the international Society: an historical perspective Our inquiry has its origins in the acknowledgement that the current international society appears, more than ever, deficient and lacking legitimacy in its management of emerging threats which affect its security. This dissertation aims to verify whether the present difficulties to manage the interstate order are precursors of a period of systemic turbulences. We propose as our principal research hypothesis that a loss of legitimacy within the law and order mechanisms of a Westphalian society will generate a rather long period of systemic turbulences, creating a return to an antihegemonic system characterized by the establishment of a new a new system of societal law and order. To test this hypothesis, we have joined the theoretical framework of the English School which observes the interstate relations by assessing the character of the order that governs them. Its followers succeed in studying the forces that create the maintenance of an antihegemonic international environment, and the nature of the interstate reciprocities that emerge from it. Then, by observing the institutions created to manage the law and order, they are in a position to better understand the evolution, the diffusion and the perpetuation of a society of States. This approach allows us to construct an explanatory model of our societal dynamic. In order to answer our initial query, we propose to analyse the status of various international societies from different epochs, each one containing a period of systemic turbulences followed by the return of societal regime. We intend to establish if any analogies can be drawn between their transformative processes, and thus determine whether these processes can be applied to the transformations taking place within the current international society. An historical comparative analysis proves to be an appropriate tool for our type of research. The periods selected for this research are the Thirty Years' War, the Napoleonic Wars, and the First World War including the ‘inter-war’ period. The antihegemonic nature of a society of States, in addition to maintaining an anarchic environment, creates a climate of rivalries which generate transformation within the law and order dynamic. This transformative factor was introduced under the concept of societal progress, which generates, within the societal law and order mechanisms, institutional obsolescence that can create a period of systemic turbulences. To observe this phenomenon, we have adopted institutions as analytical tools. Institutions will allow us to be more critical, and will facilitate comparisons between them, considering their longevity. Our findings indicate the existence of a lasting dynamic of transformation within Westphalian societies, generating levels of societal turbulences, which vary according to their intensity. We also observed that despite the legal equality that sovereignty provides in a society of States, the Great powers remain the principal architects of their society. Their innate aptitude toward unilateralism was often associated with the emergence of systemic turbulence. Our research shows that interstate interdependence and cooperation were also fuelled by the expansion of a liberal economy. In a societal environment, as interdependence and multilateralism intensify, the propensity for societal progress is more inclined to take the aspect of a progressive type of systemic transformation than of a period of violent revolutionary systemic turbulence. Our international society of States has always been under the influence of societal progress since its inception. Stability of its future is tied to its ability to counter external threats and that of the Great powers’ capacity to limit their propensity to unilateralism. Law and order mechanisms must then be able to integrate societal progress to allow the maintenance of legitimacy and the avoidance of a revolutionary systemic transformation period.