From the Bonn to the Berlin Republic: Germany at the Twentieth Anniversary of Unification

Published by Berghahn Books 2010

From the Bonn to the Berlin Republic

Germany at the Twentieth Anniversary of Unification

Edited by: Jeffrey Anderson and Eric Langenbacher

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857458575

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The fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of East and West Germany in 1989/90 were events of world-historical significance. The twentieth anniversary of this juncture represents an excellent opportunity to reflect upon the evolution of the new Berlin Republic. Given the on-going significance of the country for theory and concept–building in many disciplines, an in-depth examination of the case is essential. In this volume, unique in its focus on all aspects of contemporary Germany - culture, historiography, society, politics and the economy - top scholars offer their assessments of the country’s performance in these and other areas and analyze the successes and continued challenges.

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Jeffrey Anderson is Graf Goltz Professor of Government and Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University. He is an expert in European politics, with special emphasis on the European Union and postwar German politics and foreign policy. Recent publications include, The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order (edited with G. John Ikenberry and Thomas Risse, Cornell University Press, 2008); German Unification and the Union of Europe: The Domestic Politics of Integration Policy (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

Eric Langenbacher is a Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of Honors and Special Programs, Department of Government, Georgetown University. He did his graduate work in the Government Department and Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown, completing his Ph.D. with Distinction in 2002. Recent edited publications include Launching the Grand Coalition: The 2005 Bundestag Election and the Future of German Politics (Berghahn Books, 2006) and Power and the Past: Collective Memory and International Relations, with Yossi Shain (Georgetown University Press, 2010).

Jeffrey Anderson is Graf Goltz Professor of Government and Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University. He is an expert in European politics, with special emphasis on the European Union and postwar German politics and foreign policy. Recent publications include, The End of the West? Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order (edited with G. John Ikenberry and Thomas Risse, Cornell University Press, 2008); German Unification and the Union of Europe: The Domestic Politics of Integration Policy (Cambridge University Press, 1999).

Reviews

“Altogether the contributions make for informative reading. The volume poses clear questions about the state of inner-German unity, and about the extent to which globalization, Europeanization, and the Cold War have changed the country.” · German Studies Review

"…the specific topics addressed in the individual contributions are handled and presented with admirable fluency, and none of the chapters appear out of place, overly niched, or superfluous to the overall narrative being communicated…In comparison to a number of recently published monograph histories of the Berlin Republic, this detailed volume contains much more specific material on the themes it addresses. While it thus cannot replace the narrative history of those monographs, it will function very well as a complement for advanced students and researchers alike." · German History

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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INTRODUCTION Jeffrey J. Anderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS
Chapter 1 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AT SIXTY Popular Myths, Actual Accomplishments and Competing Interpretations Konrad H. Jarausch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 2 “ALS WÄR’S EIN STÜCK VON UNS ...” GERMAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY TRAVERSES TWENTY YEARS OF UNITED GERMANY Charles S. Maier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
PART II. CULTURE AND SOCIETY
Chapter 3 THE LAST EAST GERMAN AND THE MEMORY OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC A. James McAdams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Chapter 4 THEMASTERED PAST? Collective Memory Trends in Germany since Unification Eric Langenbacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter 5 OBAMAMANIA AND ANTI-AMERICANISM AS COMPLEMENTARY CONCEPTS IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN DISCOURSE Ruth Hatlapa and Andrei S. Markovits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Chapter 6 PASSING TIME SINCE THEWENDE Recent German Film on Unification Brad Prager Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Chapter 7 POST COITUM TRISTE EST…? Sexual Politics and Cultures in Postunification Germany Dagmar Herzog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 8 FROM AUSLÄNDER TO INLANDER The Changing Faces of Citizenship in Post-Wall Germany Joyce Marie Mushaben Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Chapter 9 THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF GERMANY SINCE UNIFICATION1 Hilary Silver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Chapter 10 GENDER POLITICS IN THE BERLIN REPUBLIC Four Issues of Identity and Institutional Change Myra Marx Ferree Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
PART III. POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
Chapter 11 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AT TWENTY Of Blind Spots and Peripheral Visions Jeffrey J. Anderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Chapter 12 IS THERE A SINGLE GERMAN PARTY SYSTEM? Russell J. Dalton and Willy Jou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Chapter 13 HIGHER EDUCATION IN GERMANY Fragmented Change amid Paradigm Shifts1 Helga A. Welsh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
Chapter 14 THE NORMATIVE POWER OF A NORMAL STATE Power and Revolutionary Vision in Germany’s Post-Wall Foreign Policy Beverly Crawford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Chapter 15 FLIGHT FROM RISK Unified Germany and the Role of Beliefs in the European Response to the Financial Crisis Abraham L. Newman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306
PART IV. POLITICAL ECONOMY
Chapter 16 GERMAN ECONOMIC UNIFICATION TWENTY YEARS LATER Holger Wolf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
Chapter 17 THE ELUSIVE QUEST FOR NORMALCY The German Economy since Unification Stephen J. Silvia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Chapter 18 TWENTY YEARS AFTER GERMAN UNIFICATION The Restructuring of the German Welfare and Employment Regime Anke Hassel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	350
Chapter 19 INDUSTRY AND FINANCE IN GERMANY SIN CE UNIFICATION Richard Deeg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	363
Chapter 20 IDEAS, INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZED CAPITALISM The German Model of Political Economy Twenty Years after Unification1 Christopher S. Allen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
CONCLUSION The Germans Must Have Done Something Right Eric Langenbacher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	414
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	420

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 416
Keywords: History: 20th Century to Present

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Published: November 1, 2010
ISBN: 9780857458575