From the Bonn to the Berlin Republic : : Germany at the Twentieth Anniversary of Unification / / ed. by Jeffrey Anderson, Eric Langenbacher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Allen, Christopher S.,; Anderson, Jeffrey J.,; Crawford, Beverly,; Dalton, Russell J.,; Deeg, Richard,; Ferree, Myra Marx,; Hassel, Anke,; Hatlapa, Ruth,; Herzog, Dagmar,; Jarausch, Konrad H.,; Jou, Willy,; Langenbacher, Eric,; Maier, Charles S.,; Markovits, Andrei S.,; McAdams, A. James,; Mushaben, Joyce Marie,; Newman, Abraham L.,; Prager, Brad,; Silver, Hilary,; Silvia, Stephen J.,; Welsh, Helga A.,; Wolf, Holger,
• HerausgeberIn: Anderson, Jeffrey,; Langenbacher, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of East and West Germany in 1989/90 were events of world-historical significance. The twentieth anniversary of this juncture represents an excellent opportunity to reflect upon the evolution of the new Berlin Republic. Given the on-going significance of the country for theory and concept–building in many disciplines, an in-depth examination of the case is essential. In this volume, unique in its focus on all aspects of contemporary Germany - culture, historiography, society, politics and the economy - top scholars offer their assessments of the country’s performance in these and other areas and analyze the successes and continued challenges.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS -- Chapter 1 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AT SIXTY Popular Myths, Actual Accomplishments and Competing Interpretations -- Chapter 2 “ALS WÄR’S EIN STÜCK VON UNS ...” GERMAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY TRAVERSES TWENTY YEARS OF UNITED GERMANY -- PART II. CULTURE AND SOCIETY -- Chapter 3 THE LAST EAST GERMAN AND THE MEMORY OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC -- Chapter 4 THEMASTERED PAST? Collective Memory Trends in Germany since Unification -- Chapter 5 OBAMAMANIA AND ANTI-AMERICANISM AS COMPLEMENTARY CONCEPTS IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN DISCOURSE -- Chapter 6 PASSING TIME SINCE THEWENDE Recent German Film on Unification -- Chapter 7 POST COITUM TRISTE EST…? Sexual Politics and Cultures in Postunification Germany -- Chapter 8 FROM AUSLÄNDER TO INLANDER The Changing Faces of Citizenship in Post-Wall Germany -- Chapter 9 THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF GERMANY SINCE UNIFICATION1 -- Chapter 10 GENDER POLITICS IN THE BERLIN REPUBLIC Four Issues of Identity and Institutional Change -- PART III. POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY -- Chapter 11 THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AT TWENTY Of Blind Spots and Peripheral Visions -- Chapter 12 IS THERE A SINGLE GERMAN PARTY SYSTEM? -- Chapter 13 HIGHER EDUCATION IN GERMANY Fragmented Change amid Paradigm Shifts1 -- Chapter 14 THE NORMATIVE POWER OF A NORMAL STATE Power and Revolutionary Vision in Germany’s Post-Wall Foreign Policy -- Chapter 15 FLIGHT FROM RISK Unified Germany and the Role of Beliefs in the European Response to the Financial Crisis -- PART IV. POLITICAL ECONOMY -- Chapter 16 GERMAN ECONOMIC UNIFICATION TWENTY YEARS LATER -- Chapter 17 THE ELUSIVE QUEST FOR NORMALCY The German Economy since Unification -- Chapter 18 TWENTY YEARS AFTER GERMAN UNIFICATION The Restructuring of the German Welfare and Employment Regime -- Chapter 19 INDUSTRY AND FINANCE IN GERMANY SIN CE UNIFICATION -- Chapter 20 IDEAS, INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZED CAPITALISM The German Model of Political Economy Twenty Years after Unification1 -- CONCLUSION The Germans Must Have Done Something Right -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX