UID:
almafu_9960889857602883
Format:
1 online resource (300 p.)
ISBN:
9780857459732
Content:
Since the attempt to unite two parts of a country divided for four decades yielded contradictory results, this volume provides a balance sheet of the successes and failures of German unification during the first quarter century after the fall of the Wall. Five themes, ranging from the transfer of political institutions to the economic crisis, from the social upheaval for women’s movements to the cultural efforts at interpretation and the changes in foreign policy have been chosen to illustrate the complexity of the process. The contributors represent a broad interdisciplinary mix of political scientists, historians, and literary scholars. Because personal experiences tend to color scholarly judgments, they are drawn from West Germany, East Germany, and the United States. This collection is the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of the political, social, and intellectual consequences of the efforts to regain German unity.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Introduction: Growing Together? Processes and Problems of German Unification --
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Part I Political Processes --
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Chapter One. Two Decades of Unity: Continuity and Change in Political Institutions --
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Chapter Two. United, Yet Separate: A View from the East --
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Chapter Three. Debates and Perceptions about German Unification: The Centrality of Discourse --
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Part II Economic Problems --
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Chapter Four. Institutional Coping: The Treuhandanstalt and the Collapse of the East German Economy, 1989–1990 --
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Chapter Five. East Germany 1989–2010 A Fragmented Development --
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Chapter Six. Getting Even East German Economic Underperformance after Unification --
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Part III Social Upheaval --
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Chapter Seven. 1989 and the Crisis of Feminist Politics --
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Chapter Eight. Women’s Movements in East Germany: Are We in Europe Yet? --
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Chapter Nine. Feminist Encounters: Germany, the EU, and Beyond --
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Part IV Cultural Conflict --
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Chapter Ten. GDR Literature Beyond the GDR? --
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Chapter Eleven. Unity and Difference: Some Reflections on a Disparate Field --
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Chapter Twelve. The Painful Exit from the Cold War: East German Writers and the Demise of the Reading Culture --
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Part V International Normalization --
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Chapter Thirteen. The “Normalization” of Humanitarian and Military Missions Abroad --
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Chapter Fourteen. German Foreign Policy after 1990: Some Critical Remarks --
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Chapter Fifteen “To Deploy or Not to Deploy” The Erratic Evolution of German Foreign Policy since Unification --
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Contributors --
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Selected Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Political Science
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1515/9780857459732
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857459732
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857459732
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857459732
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780857459732
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