
Developments in German Politics
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 11. September 1996
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-333-65902-1 (ISBN)
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Description
Developments in German Politics 2 provides a wide-ranging analysis of the political institutions, policy processes and party system of the Federal Republic in the years after unification. It gives an account of the key issues on the political agenda - economic governance, social integration, the legal order and civil rights, organised interests and gender politics. It also assesses the identity of the new Germany, its role in Europe and the wider international system. Review comments of the previous edition: '...A comprehensive introduction to the current state of German Politics as the country comes to terms with the consequences of unification...(A)uthoritative and full of insights...(t)his book is simply essential reading.' - David Broughton, Political Studies
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
maps, figures, tables, bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 141 mm
Weight
583 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-65902-1 (9780333659021)
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Stephen Padgett | William Paterson | Gordon Smith
Developments in German Politics
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12/2003
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Persons
Editor
Professor and Director, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham
Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
Content
Contents: Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Glossary of Party Abbreviations and Political Terms - Map of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Lander - Introduction - PART 1: THE INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEM - Government and Political Order; G-J.Glaessner - A Divided Electorate?; R.J.Dalton - The Party System at the Crossroads; G.Smith - The Territorial Dimension; C.Jeffery - The Federal Constitutional Court; K.H.Goetz - Continuity and Change in the Policy Process; R.Sturm - PART 2: GERMANY AND THE WORLD - Beyond Polarity: German Foreign Policy in a Post-Cold War; W.E.Paterson - Germany and the European Union: From Junior to Senior Role; E.J.Kirchner - Of Dragons and Snakes: Contemporary German Security Policy; A.Hyde-Price - PART 3: THE ECONOMY AND SOCIAL POLICY - The Economic Order: Still Modell Deutschland?; K.Dyson - Economic Management and the Challenge of Unification; C.Flockton - Interest Groups in the Five New Lander; S.Padgett - PART 4: CURRENT ISSUES - German Welfare and Social Citizenship; S.Mangen - Women in the New Germany; E.Kolinsky - Crime and Policing in Germany in the 1990s; P.Cullen - Model or Exception: Germany as a Normal State?; P.Pulzer - Guide to Further Reading - Bibliography - Index