The Federal Republic of Germany since 1949: Politics, Society and Economy before and after Unification

by Panayi; Panikos

• ISBN13: 9780582238916
• ISBN10: 0582238919
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-08-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Today the problems of reunification seem to feature more often in the international spotlight than the benefits. This timely volume offers a reassessment of Germany's postwar development from its inception through to reunification, including a thorough examination of the implications for economic, political and social policies. The impressive team of contributors include leading names in the history of modern Germany, together with some of the ablest younger scholars in the field. They are: Hartmut Berghoff, David Childs, Immanuel Geiss, Graham Hallett, Klaus Larres, Terry McNeill, Torsten Opelland, Richard Overy, Stephen Padgett, Panikos Panayi, and Mathias Siekmeier.

Table of Contents

List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Notes on the contributors
Glossary
The Economy of the Federal Republic since 1949	p. 3
Population Change and its Repercussions on the Social History of the Federal Republic	p. 35
Domestic Political Developments I: 1949-69	p. 74
Domestic Political Developments II: 1969-90	p. 100
The Federal Republic of Germany in International Politics Before and After Unification	p. 137
State Intervention in the Post-war German Economy	p. 169
Race in the Federal Republic of Germany: Immigration, Ethnicity and Racism since the Second World War	p. 191
The Nationalist and Neo-Nazi Scene since 1945	p. 209
The SPD: the Decline of the Social Democratic	p. 230
The Soviet Union's Policy Towards West Germany, 1945-90	p. 254
Germany and the West: the 'Rapallo Factor' in German Foreign Policy from the 1950s to the 1990s	p. 278
Maps	p. 327
Index	p. 332
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