The Berlin Republic: German Unification and a Decade of Changes

ISBN-13: 9780714683287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 262 str.

Winand Gellner; John Robertson

Opis

At the beginning of German unification in October, 1990, there were high expectations for where the integration of the former East Germany into the western system would be ten years later. Now, at the dawn of a new millennium, some argue that the expectations have not been met, with new questions arising as to when these changes will take place. Others, of course, say the process has been, under the circumstances, quite successful. What, if anything went as expected and hoped, and what are the prospects for the future?

Spis treści

The Berlin Republic - German unification and a decade of changes, Winand Gellner and John D. Robertson; analysing German unification - state, nation and the quest for political community, Mi-Kyung Kim and John D. Robertson; historical consciousness and the changing of German political culture, Felix Philippp Lutz; trust in democratic institutions in Germany - theory and evidence ten years after unification, Robert Rohrschneider and Rudiger Schmitt-Beck; the double public - Germany after reunification, Winand Gellner and Gerd Strohmeier; the effects of German unification on the Federal Chancellor's decision-making, Karl-Rudolf Korte; the German party system - continuity and change, Thomas Saalfeld; the impact of unification on German Federalism, Arthur B. Gunlicks; local government and politics in East Germany, Hellmut Wollmann; economic consequences of German unification, Michael Munter and Roland Sturm; a change of course? German foreign and security policy after unification, Franz-Josef Meiers; the power of institutions and norms in shaping national answers to globalisation - German economic policy after unification, Stefan A. Schirm.

O autorze

Winand Gellner, John D. Robertson