The Legacy and Impact of German Unification The Elusive Dream of 'Flourishing Landscapes'

That legacy is defined by an accumulation over thirty years of adjustments, mutations, counter-adjustments and strategic reactions which have now delivered through the many ripples of change a Germany managing the course-trajectory which unification has relentlessly plotted. The foreseeable future w...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Oswald, Michael (Editor), Robertson, John (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:New Perspectives in German Political Studies
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Three Decades of “Flourishing Landscapes”: An Introduction to German Unification and the Challenge of Managing Its Legacy into the Next Decade
  • Chapter 2: Continuity and Change in the Office of German Chancellor
  • Chapter 3: The German Party System Since 1990: From Incorporation to Fragmentation
  • Chapter 4: The Resurgence and Decline of the Social Democratic Party in the Berlin Republic (1990–2020)
  • Chapter 5: Fighting Against the Decline. Concepts of Modernization of the Conservative "Volksparteien" in Germany
  • Chapter 6: Post-Communism in a United Germany: Die Linke
  • Chapter 7: Alliance 90/The Greens: A Left Party with A Centrist Appeal in Coalition Politics
  • Chapter 8: The Right-Wing Populist Disruption in the Berlin Republic. Opportunity Structures and Success of the Alternative for Germany (AfD)
  • Chapter 9: The Reluctant Modernizer: Gender Equality in Unified Germany
  • Chapter 10: The Götterdämmerung of the Nation Brand: German Identity after 30 years of Unification
  • Chapter 11: “Germany is a Disaster Now“: US Perspectives on the Berlin Republic Over the Course of Time
  • Chapter 12: The Changing Faces of Germany’s Social Market Economy
  • Chapter 13: European Divergences: Germany, France and Italy in Global Economic Governance
  • Chapter 14: France, Germany and European Security: Building Castles in the Sky?
  • Chapter 15: Frozen in Trump’s headlights – Germany’s astounding foreign policy of obstinacy