Between Bonn and Berlin German Politics Adrift?

by Hampton, Mary N.; Söe, Christian; Braunthal, Gerard; Clemens, Clay; Collier, Irwin; Dennison, Andrew B.; Frankland, E Gene; Hanterman, Christoph; Huelshoff, Michael G.; Keithly, David M.; Kleinfeld, Gerald R.; Roth, Dieter; Sperling, James; Wüst, Andreas

• ISBN13: 9780847690091
• ISBN10: 0847690091
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-28
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Examining Germany's image of political drift, the authors focus on current debates regarding the country's welfare state, European monetary policy, security policy, warnings about a supposed German hegemony, symbolic or geopolitical implications of the return to Berlin, and new complexities in party politics and public opinion. While there is far more similarity between the Berlin Republic and its West German predecessor than there ever could have been between DWeimarD and D Bonn,D the authors also show that united Germany is in many ways more than an enlarged version of its successful forerunner.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction: Toward a Berlin Republic	1	(20)
Mary N. Hampton
Christian Soe
PART ONE Public Opinion and Political Parties
Where Is Germany Heading? A Public Opinion Perspective, 1990-1998	21	(30)
Dieter Roth
Andreas M. Wust
The CDU/CSU: Undercurrents in an Ebb Tide	51	(22)
Clay Clemens
The SPD: Between Political Drift and Direction	73	(30)
Andrew B. Denison
Alliance 90/The Greens: Party of Ecological and Social Reform	103	(16)
E. Gene Frankland
The FDP: Do the Liberals Still Matter?	119	(18)
Christoph Hanterman
Christian Soe
The PDS: Between Socialism and Regionalism	137	(18)
Gerald R. Kleinfeld
The Right-Wing Scene: A Danger to Democracy?	155	(16)
Gerard Braunthal
PART TWO Public Policy Quandaries
The German Economy: Shocks to the System	171	(30)
David M. Keithly
Welfare State Reform: The Gridlock of Social Entitlements	201	(16)
Irawin Collier
Germany and European Integration: Bonn between Berlin and Brussels	217	(20)
Michael G. Huelshoff
German Security at the Crossroads: Mixed Signals Still Point to NATO	237	(20)
Mary N. Hampton
Less than Meets the Eye: A Reconsideration of Germany Hegemony	257	(20)
James Sperling
Index	277	(10)
About the Editors and Contributors	287