This volume examines the process of German unification from the perspective of the political parties, their voters and the parliamentary system. Leading specialists offer a first-class analysis of the attempts by the established German parties to address the problems of German union as a policy goal and to deal with the internal party changes induced by the events of 1989/90.
This volume examines the process of German unification from the perspective of the political parties, their voters and the parliamentary system. Le...
- Thoroughly updated and includes a new chapter on the implications of the events in 1989 for women in both East and West Germany.
Having emerged in 1945 from the shackles of Nazi ideology, German women have played a major part in postwar economic and social reconstruction. The author examines issues such as women's position in the labour market since 1945; their vocational and professional training; their changing role within the family and at work; and the effects of European rulings on equal opportunities.
Second revised edition
- Thoroughly updated and includes a new chapter on the implications of the events in 1989 for women in both East and W...
- Thoroughly updated and includes a new chapter on the implications of the events in 1989 for women in both East and West Germany.
Having emerged in 1945 from the shackles of Nazi ideology, German women have played a major part in postwar economic and social reconstruction. The author examines issues such as women's position in the labour market since 1945; their vocational and professional training; their changing role within the family and at work; and the effects of European rulings on equal opportunities.
Second revised edition
- Thoroughly updated and includes a new chapter on the implications of the events in 1989 for women in both East and W...