The politics of the new Germany

Simon O. Green, Dan Hough, Alister Miskimmon, Graham Timmins

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Abstract

The Politics of the New Germany takes a new approach to understanding politics in the post-unification Federal Republic. Assuming only elementary knowledge, it focuses on debates and issues in order to help students understand both the workings of Germany's key institutions and some of the key policy challenges facing German politicians. Written in a straightforward style by four experts, each of the chapters draws on a rich variety of real-world examples. Packed with boxed summaries of key points, a guide to further reading and a range of seminar questions for discussion at the end of each chapter, this book highlights both the challenges and opportunities facing policy-makers in such areas as foreign affairs, economic policy, immigration, identity politics and institutional reforms. The book also takes a bird's-eye view of the big debates that define German politics over time, regardless of which party happens to be in power. It pinpoints three key themes that have characterised German politics over the last sixty years; reconciliation, consensus and transformation. Table of Contents: Introduction 1. Germany and the Burden of History 2. Germany’s Post-War Development, 1945-1989 3. Towards German Unity? 4. A Blockaded System of Government? 5. The Party System and Electoral Behaviour: The Path to Stable Instability? 6. Economic Management: The End of the German Model? 7. Citizenship and Demographics: A Country of Immigration? 8. The Reform of the Welfare State? 9. Germany and the European Union: A European Germany or a German Europe? 10. Foreign and Security Policy: A New Role for the Twenty-First Century? 11. Conclusion
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages216
Publication statusPublished - 29 Nov 2007

Keywords

  • politics
  • Germany
  • post-unification
  • policy-making
  • foreign affairs
  • economic policy
  • immigration
  • identity
  • institutional reforms

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  • The politics of the new Germany

    Green, S., Hough, D. & Miskimmon, A., 29 Sept 2011, 2nd ed ed. London. 252 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

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