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Politics in Germany / M. Donald Hancock, Henry Krisch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hancock, M. Donald.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germany--Politics and government--20th century.
- Germany.
- Germany--Politics and government--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 288 p.) : ill., maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2009.
- Summary:
- Germans born in the second decade of the last century will have been a subject of no less than six political regimes, seven if they lived in the former German Democratic Republic. Today, Germany's democratic polity, pluralistic society, institutional structures, and market economy are growing increasingly strong. In clear and compelling prose, Hancock and Krisch argue that German politics today is the politics of a "normal" European democracy moving toward the EU. The authors discuss Germany's course of modernization, which involves rapid industrialization and social development following the nation's first unification in 1871 and its subsequent torturous course of political change embracing Imperial authoritarianism, the democratic experiment of the Weimar Republic, Nazi totalitarianism, and postwar variants of communism and Western-style democracy. Chapters detail the country's political history, as well as its culture, new constitutional debates, parties, and economic policy, and culminate in a look at Germany in global context.
- Contents:
- Land, people, society
- A turbulent history is prologue to the present
- Germany divided and unified
- Political and popular culture
- Constitutional principles and political institutions
- Political parties in a democratic polity
- Election outcomes and voting trends
- Organized interest groups and social movements
- Socioeconomic policies and performance
- Germany in Europe and the world
- Germany in the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-933116-07-2
- 1-4833-3066-4
- 1-4833-0117-6
- 9781483330662
- OCLC:
- 875378356
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