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Author:   Klaus Larres (Reader in Politics, Reader in Politics, Queen's University, Belfast) ,  Elizabeth Meehan (Professor of Politics, Professor of Politics, Queen's University, Belfast)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.664kg
ISBN:  

9780198293835

ISBN 10:   0198293836
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   16 March 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION ; 1. Uneasy Allies or Genuine Partners? Britain, Germany and European Integration ; II. THE COLD WAR RELATIONSHIP ; 2. British-West German Relations, 1945-1972 ; 3. British-West German Relations, 1972-1989 ; 4. Britain and the GDR: Political and Economic Relations, 1949-1989 ; 5. Britain and German Unification, 1989/90 ; III. THE POST-COLD WAR RELATIONSHIP: POLITICS AND SECURITY SINCE 1990 ; 6. The Transition to the Post-Cold War World: Britain, Germany and the Deepening of Europe:The Role of Domestic Norms and Institutions ; 7. The Eastern Enlargement of the EU ; 8. The American Dimension: Britain, Germany, and the Reinforcement of US Hegemony in Europe in the 1990s ; 9. NATO or WEU? The Security Policy Framework since 1990 ; IV. THE POST-COLD WAR RELATIONSHIP: THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIMENSION SINCE 1990 ; 10. Industrial and Commercial Cultures in Britain and Germany: Rivalry or Reconcilability? ; 11. European Union Social Policy: German and British Perspectives on Industrial Democracy ; 12. The Creation of the Single Market and Britain's Withdrawal from the EMS ; 13. Financial Reporting and Accounting Harmonisation in Germany and the UK: A Comparative Analysis ; 14. Negotiating the Intergovernmental Conferences: Maastricht, Amsterdam, and Beyond

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`The publication of the book is particularly well-timed given the emerging closeness between the two countries ... what is innovative about the book is that the relationship is considered within the broader frame of European integration ... the volume is important and highly successful in redressing the balance away from negative reporting ... The highlights of the book are the chapters that deal with German unification.' Kerry Longhurst, Royal Inst. of Int. Affairs, Vol.76, `The highlights of the book are the chapters that deal with German unification, the deepening and widening of the EU and the political and security dimensions of the British-German relations. The chapters that address EU social policy and industrial and commercial cultures are also outstanding.' Kerry Longhurst, Royal Inst. of Int. Affairs, Vol.76, No.4, Oct. 2000. `This book is certainly informative and covers the whole spectrum of issues that impact upon British-German relations.' Kerry Longhurst, Royal Inst. of Int. Affairs, Vol.76, No.4, Oct. 2000.

This is a very valuable book with many interesting contributions. It is successful in its important main aim of placing the bilateral relationship in the wider context of European integration ... brings together contemporary historians and political scientists. Bulletin of the German Historical Institute This book is certainly informative and covers the whole spectrum of issues that impact upon British-German relations. Royal Institute of International Affairs

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Klaus Larres, Reader in Politics at Queen's University, Belfast

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