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The postwar transformation of Germany : democracy, prosperity, and nationhood / edited by John S. Brady, Beverly Crawford, and Sarah Elise Wiliarty.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--Germany.
- Democracy.
- Political culture--Germany.
- Political culture.
- Political participation--Germany.
- Political participation.
- Social change--Germany.
- Social change.
- Germany--Economic conditions--1945-1990.
- Germany.
- Germany--Politics and government--1945-1990.
- Germany--Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (539 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As Germany celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany--the former West Germany-- leading scholars take stock in this volume of the political, social, and economic progress Germany made as it built a democratic political system and a powerful economy, survived the Cold War, and dealt with the challenges of reunification. The contributors address issues such as Germany's response to extremists, the development of a professional civil service, judicial review, the maintenance of the welfare state, the nature of contemporary German nationalism, and Germany's role in the world. Contributors are Thomas Banchoff, Thomas U. Berger, Patricia Davis, Ernst Haas, Jost Halfmann, Christard Hoffmann, Carl-Lugwig Holtfrerich, Donald P. Kommers, Wolfgang Krieger, Peter Krueger, Gregg O. Kvistad, Ludger Lindlar, Charles Maier, Andrei Markovitz, Peter Merkl, Claus Offe, Simon Reich, and Michaela Richter. John S. Brady and Sarah Elise Wiliarty are doctoral candidates in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley. Beverly Crawford is Professor of Political Science, Senior Lecturer in Political Economy of Industrial Societies, and Associate Director, Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Germany Transformed? A Framework for Analysis / Beverly Crawford, John S. Brady, and Sarah Elise Wiliarty""; ""Building Democracy: The Institutions and Political Culture of German Democracy""; ""The German Response to the Challenge of Extremist Parties, 1949�1994 / Peter H. Merkl""; ""Building Democracy and Changing Institutions: The Professional Civil Service and Political Parties in the Federal Republic of Germany / Gregg O. Kvistad""; ""Building Democracy: Judicial Review and the German Rechtsstaat / Donald P. Kommers""
- ""From State Culture to Citizen Culture: Political Parties and the Postwar Transformation of Political Culture in Germany / Michaela Richter""""The Challenge of Prosperity: The Foundations of the German Economy and Challenges of the Future""; ""Germany's Export Boom at Fifty � An Enduring Success Story? / Ludger Lindlar and Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich""; ""The German Welfare State: Principles, Performance, Prospects / Claus Offe""; ""Norms, Ideology, and Institutions: (En)Gendered Retrenchment of Modell Deutschland? / Patricia Davis and Simon Reich""
- ""The Enduring Transformation of Postwar German Foreign Policy / Thomas Banchoff""""Germany's Place in the World / Wolfgang Krieger""; ""The Contemporary Power of Memory: The Dilemmas for German Foreign Policy / Andrei S. Markovits and Simon Reich""; ""The Burdens of Memory: The Impact of History on German National Security Policy / Thomas U. Berger""; ""Conclusion""; ""From the Bonn to the Berlin Republic and Beyond: Critical Junctures and the Future of the Federal Republic / John S. Brady and Sarah Elise Wiliarty""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-76106-4
- 9786612761065
- 0-472-02723-9
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