From the Bonn to the Berlin Republic: Germany at the Twentieth Anniversary of Unification

Author:   Jeffrey Anderson ,  Eric Langenbacher
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Pages:   416
Publication Date:   01 November 2010
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From the Bonn to the Berlin Republic: Germany at the Twentieth Anniversary of Unification


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The fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of East and West Germany in 1989/90 were events of world-historical significance. The twentieth anniversary of this juncture represents an excellent opportunity to reflect upon the evolution of the new Berlin Republic. Given the on-going significance of the country for theory and concept–building in many disciplines, an in-depth examination of the case is essential. In this volume, unique in its focus on all aspects of contemporary Germany - culture, historiography, society, politics and the economy - top scholars offer their assessments of the country’s performance in these and other areas and analyze the successes and continued challenges.

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Author:   Jeffrey Anderson ,  Eric Langenbacher
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.581kg
ISBN:  

9780857452214


ISBN 10:   0857452215
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   01 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Introduction Jeffrey J. Anderson PART I: HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS Chapter 1. The Federal Republic at Sixty: Popular Myths, Actual Accomplishments and Competing Interpretations Konrad H. Jarausch Chapter 2. Als war's ein Stuck von uns ... German Politics and Society Traverses Twenty Years of United Germany Charles Maier PART II: CULTURE AND SOCIETY Chapter 3. The Last East German and the Memory of the German Democratic Republic A. James McAdams Chapter 4. The Mastered Past? Collective Memory Trends in Germany since Unification Eric Langenbacher Chapter 5. Obamamaniaand Anti-Americanism as Complementary Concepts in Contemporary German Discourse Ruth Hatlapa and Andrei S. Markovits Chapter 6. Passing Time since the Wende: Recent German Film on Unification Bradley Prager Chapter 7. Post coitum triste est...? Sexual Politics and Cultures in Pzostunification Germany Dagmar Herzog Chapter 8. From Auslander to Inlander: The Changing Faces of Citizenship in Post-Wall Germany Joyce Marie Mushaben Chapter 9. The Social Integration of Germany since Unification Hilary Silver Chapter 10. Gender Politics in the Berlin Republic: Four Issues of Identity and Institutional Change Myra Marx Ferree PART III: POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY Chapter 11. The Federal Republic at Twenty: Of Blind Spots and Peripheral Visions Jeffrey J. Anderson Chapter 12.Is There a Single German Party System? Russell J. Dalton and Willy Jou Chapter 13. Higher Education in Germany: Fragmented Change or Paradigm Shift? Helga Welsh Chapter 14. The Normative Power of a Normal State: Power and Revolutionary Vision in Germany's Post-Wall Foreign Policy Beverly Crawford Chapter 15. Flight From Risk: Unified Germany and the Role of Beliefs in the European Response to the Financial Crisis Abraham Newman PART IV: POLITICAL ECONOMY Chapter 16 German Economic Unification Twenty Years Later Holger Wolf Chapter 17. The Elusive Quest for Normalcy: The German Economy since Unification Stephen J. Silvia Chapter 18. Twenty Years after German Unification: The Restructuring the German Welfare and Employment Regime Anke Hassel Chapter 19. Industry and Finance in Germany since Unification Richard Deeg Chapter 20. Ideas, Institutions and Organized Capitalism: The German Model of Political Economy Twenty Years after Unification Christopher S. Allen Conclusion: The Germans Must Have Done Something Right Eric Langenbacher Contributors

Reviews

<em>Altogether the contributions make for informative reading. The volume poses clear questions about the state of inner-German unity, and about the extent to which globalization, Europeanization, and the Cold War have changed the country.</em> <b>- </b> <strong>German Studies Review</strong></p> <em>.. .the specific topics addressed in the individual contributions are handled and presented with admirable fluency, and none of the chapters appear out of place, overly niched, or superfluous to the overall narrative being communicated...In comparison to a number of recently published monograph histories of the Berlin Republic, this detailed volume contains much more specific material on the themes it addresses. While it thus cannot replace the narrative history of those monographs, it will function very well as a complement for advanced students and researchers alike. </em> <b>- German History</b></p>


Altogether the contributions make for informative reading. The volume poses clear questions about the state of inner-German unity, and about the extent to which globalization, Europeanization, and the Cold War have changed the country. * German Studies Review ...the specific topics addressed in the individual contributions are handled and presented with admirable fluency, and none of the chapters appear out of place, overly niched, or superfluous to the overall narrative being communicated...In comparison to a number of recently published monograph histories of the Berlin Republic, this detailed volume contains much more specific material on the themes it addresses. While it thus cannot replace the narrative history of those monographs, it will function very well as a complement for advanced students and researchers alike. * German History


Altogether the contributions make for informative reading. The volume poses clear questions about the state of inner-German unity, and about the extent to which globalization, Europeanization, and the Cold War have changed the country. . German Studies Review .. .the specific topics addressed in the individual contributions are handled and presented with admirable fluency, and none of the chapters appear out of place, overly niched, or superfluous to the overall narrative being communicated...In comparison to a number of recently published monograph histories of the Berlin Republic, this detailed volume contains much more specific material on the themes it addresses. While it thus cannot replace the narrative history of those monographs, it will function very well as a complement for advanced students and researchers alike.. German History


Author Information

Jeffrey Anderson is Graf Goltz Professor of Government and Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University. He is an expert in European politics, with special emphasis on the European Union and postwar German politics and foreign policy. Recent publications include, The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order (edited with G. John Ikenberry and Thomas Risse, Cornell University Press, 2008); German Unification and the Union of Europe: The Domestic Politics of Integration Policy (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

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