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Contemporary Germany: Essays and Texts on Politics, Economics & Society

Name: Contemporary Germany: Essays and Texts on Politics, Economics & Society
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ISBN: 9780582357143

by Allinson; Mark

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Format: Nonspecific Binding
Copyright: 2000-05-18
Publisher: Routledge
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Designed for combined Language and Social Science 2nd and 3rd year courses on Germany found in departments of, German, Politics, Modern Language and European Studies. This book charts the post-war development of Germany - East & West - through to reunification and Germany's evolving role in world politics and economics. It combines a concise yet comprehensive introduction in English to contemporary German politics, society & economics with extensive authentic extracts from German language publications backed up with specially developed language exercises

Introduction
German Politics Since 1945: From Division to Divided Unity
Introduction
Dividing Germany
Germany in the international context
1948-49: From the Berlin Blockade to two German states
Political parties
The Basic Law - guarantor of West German democracy
Chancellor democracy?
The FRG 1949-66
Sovereignty and western integration
Controversy in domestic affairs
New directions and consolidation: The Federal Republic, 1966-89
Grand Coalition, 1966-69
Ostpolitik
'Daring more democracy'
Kohl as chancellor before unification
The 'second German state'
The structures of people's democracy
Challenges to the socialist order
Conformity, recognition and stagnation
Collapse
United Germany, 1990-1998
Uniting Germany
Tackling the GDR legacy
The PDS and the new party system
Unification and the established parties
A right wing threat?
Conclusion
Suggestions for further reading
Texts and exercises
The German Economy
Introduction
Establishing order
Postwar recovery in Germany: myth and reality
Normalisation, 1960-72
Stagflation and monetarism in West Germany, 1973-82
The neo-liberal revolution in West Germany, 1982-89
German unification and the German economy
German unification and Europe
Conclusion: An uncertain future for Germany's political economy
Suggestions for further reading
Texts and exercises
German Society
Introduction
Social Groups and Divisions
Social structure
East and west
Germans and foreigners
Women
Youth and generations
Social Institutions
Marriage and the family
Education
Religion
Mass Media
Conclusion
Suggestions for further reading
Texts and exercises
Chronology Index
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