TY - JOUR
T1 - Does Germany still have a European vocation?
AU - Paterson, William E.
N1 - cited By (since 1996)5
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The narrative of Germany's European vocation falls into three stages. In the first stage - constituting Germany in Europe - European integration was a vital secondary arena for ensuring that the Federal Republic was able to develop economically, and to become a stable democracy. The second stage, of ever closer union accompanied by institutional export, was already evident under Helmut Schmidt, but became really manifest during the Kohl Chancellorship, reaching a high point in the early 1990s. In the post-Kohl third stage the European vocation persists, but has been very much scaled back. © 2010 Association for the Study of German Politics.
AB - The narrative of Germany's European vocation falls into three stages. In the first stage - constituting Germany in Europe - European integration was a vital secondary arena for ensuring that the Federal Republic was able to develop economically, and to become a stable democracy. The second stage, of ever closer union accompanied by institutional export, was already evident under Helmut Schmidt, but became really manifest during the Kohl Chancellorship, reaching a high point in the early 1990s. In the post-Kohl third stage the European vocation persists, but has been very much scaled back. © 2010 Association for the Study of German Politics.
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U2 - 10.1080/09644001003588556
DO - 10.1080/09644001003588556
M3 - Article
SN - 0964-4008
VL - 19
SP - 41
EP - 52
JO - German Politics
JF - German Politics
IS - 1
ER -