Ten Years of German Unification
Published on 30. April 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-902459-12-7 (ISBN)
Description
An exploration of the reunification in historical, constitutional, legal, political and economic terms. Among the topics covered are: * The reunification as a German revolution * East Germany and the Third Reich compared * Criminal law and the fusion of two hostile states * The political economy of reunification * New German economic policy
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Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-902459-12-7 (9781902459127)
DOI
CBID125801
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Content
Introduction: German unification and beyond - interdisciplinary perspectives on a period of transition in Europe, Jorn Leonhard; Historical and foreign political aspects: Anatomies of failure? Revolutions in German history: 1848-1918-1989/90, Jorn Leonhard; Revolution and transformation: the power of the dominant paradigm, Jonathan Grix; Consensus and coercion - The Third Reich and the German Democratic Republic in comparative perspective, Martin Sabrow; The incorporation of a fragmented society: historical roots of values in individuals' choices after 1989, Arnd Bauerkamper; A double burden: the politics of the past and German Identity, Konrad H. Jarausch; Between benevolent multilateralism and new zest for action: German foreign policy After ten Years of reunification, Christian Hacke; Juridical aspects: The 'Narrative' constitutions of the new Lander: wishful thinking or real progress?, Anna Deuteimoser; Breaking new ground and old chains: the political and legal impact of the Federal Commission for the Stasi Files, David Gill; Political and economic aspects; The German political economy in flux, Roland Czada; Great Expectations, Hard Times: a political-economic history of German unification, Carsten Hefeker and Norbert Wunner; The 'Storm before the Calm'-thesis re-examined, Lothar Funk; Public transfers and industrial restructuring in eastern Germany, Henning Klodt; German monetary unification and its aftermath, Stephen F. Frowen; Economic policy in Germany: what lessons can be learnt from Ludwig Erhard?, Horst Friedrich Wunsche.