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edited by Peter H. Merkl.
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The Federal Republic of Germany at fifty : : the end of a century of turmoil\ edited by Peter H. Merkl.
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Houdmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan, 1999
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(xv, 373 pages) : illustrations
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0333725611
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: 0333770420
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: 1349274887
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: 1403934339
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: 9780333725610
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: 9780333770429
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: 9781349274888
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: 9781403934338
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| Contents
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List of Contributors Outline INTRODUCTION: 50 Years of the Federal Republic; P.H.Merkl PART I: GERMAN IDENTITY AT THE CUSP OF A NEW CENTURY Germany's Past Viewed after Fifty Years of Democracy; H.A.Turner The Changing Politics of German National Identity; H.Krisch Coming to Terms with the Nation: The Political and Literary Voices of Women; J.Mushaben Integration and Identity in German Politics; W.M.Chandler Visions of Democracy; R.Rohrschneider PART II: NEW DIRECTIONS AMONG THE GERMAN LEADERSHIP Elections and Political Change: A German Sonderweg?; H.Norpoth Kohl's Legacy: The CDU/CSU in a New Era; C.Clemens The SPD Leaders in Power and in Opposition; G.Braunthal A Divided Left: The SPD and the Reformed Communists in Eastern Germany; M.Rueschemeyer East German Leadership After Unification: The Search for Voice: T.A.Baylis The Green Party's Transformation: The 'New Politics' Party Grows Up; E.G.Frankland The PDS - An Unexpected Intruder from the East; G.R.Kleinfeld PART III: AGEING GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES Parteiverdrossenheit? Whither the German Party-State in the 1990s?; G.O.Kvistad Fifty Years of German Federalism; An Overview and Some Current Developments; A.B.Gunlicks The Politics of German Cities: A Tale of Visions, Money and Democracy; J.A.Helm PART IV: POLITICAL PROCESSES AND POLICIES German Economic Policy After 50 Years; K.Dyson The Lasting Legacy of the Bundesbank: 50 Years of Deutschmark Politics; P.Loedel German Trade Unionism: Achievements, Problematics, Future Imperatives; M.D.Hancock The German Media at the End of the 20th Century; K.H.Kahrs PART V: GERMANY IN EUROPE AND IN THE WORLD The German Quest for Geo-economic Security Since 1945; J.Sperling Franco-German Military Relations; W.Feld Will EMU Come as Intended and on Time?; M.Huelshoff Public Opinion and European Integration; C.Anderson A Barometer of A New Germany: Relations with Central-East Europe; A.L.Phillips CONCLUSION: German Identity Through the Dark Mirror of the War; P.H.Merkl Index
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Fifty years after the formation of the Federal Republic and a decade after German unification, we stand on the cusp of a new century and a new millennium of German history. In this book, leading international scholars reflect on the dramatic transformations of Germany's past and on Germany's future prospects.
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Democracy -- Germany.
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1990-
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Nationalism -- Germany.
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Peter H Merkl
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