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…mehr
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.
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).
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Introduction Jeffrey J. Anderson PART I: HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS Chapter 1. The Federal Republic at Sixty: Popular Myths, Actual Accomplishments and Competing Interpretations Konrad H. Jarausch Chapter 2. "Als wär's ein Stück von uns ..." German Politics and Society Traverses Twenty Years of United Germany Charles Maier PART II: CULTURE AND SOCIETY Chapter 3. The Last East German and the Memory of the German Democratic Republic A. James McAdams Chapter 4. The Mastered Past? Collective Memory Trends in Germany since Unification Eric Langenbacher Chapter 5. Obamamaniaand Anti-Americanism as Complementary Concepts in Contemporary German Discourse Ruth Hatlapa and Andrei S. Markovits Chapter 6. Passing Time since the Wende: Recent German Film on Unification Bradley Prager Chapter 7. Post coitum triste est...? Sexual Politics and Cultures in Pzostunification Germany Dagmar Herzog Chapter 8. From Ausländer to Inlander: The Changing Faces of Citizenship in Post-Wall Germany Joyce Marie Mushaben Chapter 9. The Social Integration of Germany since Unification Hilary Silver Chapter 10. Gender Politics in the Berlin Republic: Four Issues of Identity and Institutional Change Myra Marx Ferree PART III: POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY Chapter 11. The Federal Republic at Twenty: Of Blind Spots and Peripheral Visions Jeffrey J. Anderson Chapter 12.Is There a Single German Party System? Russell J. Dalton and Willy Jou Chapter 13. Higher Education in Germany: Fragmented Change or Paradigm Shift? Helga Welsh Chapter 14. The Normative Power of a Normal State: Power and Revolutionary Vision in Germany's Post-Wall Foreign Policy Beverly Crawford Chapter 15. Flight From Risk: Unified Germany and the Role of Beliefs in the European Response to the Financial Crisis Abraham Newman PART IV: POLITICAL ECONOMY Chapter 16 German Economic Unification Twenty Years Later Holger Wolf Chapter 17. The Elusive Quest for Normalcy: The German Economy since Unification Stephen J. Silvia Chapter 18. Twenty Years after German Unification: The Restructuring the German Welfare and Employment Regime Anke Hassel Chapter 19. Industry and Finance in Germany since Unification Richard Deeg Chapter 20. Ideas, Institutions and Organized Capitalism: The German Model of Political Economy Twenty Years after Unification Christopher S. Allen Conclusion: The Germans Must Have Done Something Right Eric Langenbacher Contributors
Introduction Jeffrey J. Anderson PART I: HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS Chapter 1. The Federal Republic at Sixty: Popular Myths, Actual Accomplishments and Competing Interpretations Konrad H. Jarausch Chapter 2. "Als wär's ein Stück von uns ..." German Politics and Society Traverses Twenty Years of United Germany Charles Maier PART II: CULTURE AND SOCIETY Chapter 3. The Last East German and the Memory of the German Democratic Republic A. James McAdams Chapter 4. The Mastered Past? Collective Memory Trends in Germany since Unification Eric Langenbacher Chapter 5. Obamamaniaand Anti-Americanism as Complementary Concepts in Contemporary German Discourse Ruth Hatlapa and Andrei S. Markovits Chapter 6. Passing Time since the Wende: Recent German Film on Unification Bradley Prager Chapter 7. Post coitum triste est...? Sexual Politics and Cultures in Pzostunification Germany Dagmar Herzog Chapter 8. From Ausländer to Inlander: The Changing Faces of Citizenship in Post-Wall Germany Joyce Marie Mushaben Chapter 9. The Social Integration of Germany since Unification Hilary Silver Chapter 10. Gender Politics in the Berlin Republic: Four Issues of Identity and Institutional Change Myra Marx Ferree PART III: POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY Chapter 11. The Federal Republic at Twenty: Of Blind Spots and Peripheral Visions Jeffrey J. Anderson Chapter 12.Is There a Single German Party System? Russell J. Dalton and Willy Jou Chapter 13. Higher Education in Germany: Fragmented Change or Paradigm Shift? Helga Welsh Chapter 14. The Normative Power of a Normal State: Power and Revolutionary Vision in Germany's Post-Wall Foreign Policy Beverly Crawford Chapter 15. Flight From Risk: Unified Germany and the Role of Beliefs in the European Response to the Financial Crisis Abraham Newman PART IV: POLITICAL ECONOMY Chapter 16 German Economic Unification Twenty Years Later Holger Wolf Chapter 17. The Elusive Quest for Normalcy: The German Economy since Unification Stephen J. Silvia Chapter 18. Twenty Years after German Unification: The Restructuring the German Welfare and Employment Regime Anke Hassel Chapter 19. Industry and Finance in Germany since Unification Richard Deeg Chapter 20. Ideas, Institutions and Organized Capitalism: The German Model of Political Economy Twenty Years after Unification Christopher S. Allen Conclusion: The Germans Must Have Done Something Right Eric Langenbacher Contributors
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