Rethinking Germany and Europe Democracy and Diplomacy in a Semi-Sovereign State

by Jeffery, Charlie; Bulmer, Simon; Padgett, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780230236554
• ISBN10: 0230236553
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Explores the paths of development unfolding from the inter-dependent histories of postwar Germany and the European integration process. The contributors explore these histories within the idea of 'semi-sovereignty': a set of constraints on the German state's power within the external constraints of Germany's multilateral commitments.

Author Biography

Simon Bulmer is Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Charlie Jeffery is Professor of Politics in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Stephen Padgett is Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Strathclyde, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figure	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Democracy and Diplomacy, Germany and Europe	p. 1
Democracy and Governance in Germany
The Chancellor and Her Party	p. 25
Reinventing Social Democracy? Political Opportunity Structures in Germany and Spain	p. 42
Landmark Elections in Germany	p. 59
The Policy of the Middle Way: Germany since 1990	p. 73
Beyond Semi-Sovereignty?: Economic Governance in Germany	p. 85
Government and Industry Relations	p. 97
European Contexts
Does Congruence Matter? Germany and Britain in the European Union	p. 113
Germany's Role in European and International Security: Aims versus Action	p. 139
European Leadership in Transition: Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy	p. 154
Gulliver's Travail: Crafting a New Transatlantic Bargain	p. 171
The Stille Allianz Revisited	p. 188
Europe as a Global 'Civilian' Power?	p. 200
Bibliography	p. 221
Index	p. 241
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