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United Germany Debating Processes and Prospects

Jarausch Konrad H.
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780857459725
Publisert
2013-07-01
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Berghahn Books
Aldersnivå
RES, UP, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Innbundet
Antall sider
280

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Jarausch Konrad H.

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Konrad H. Jarausch is the Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Senior Fellow of the Zentrum fur Zeithistorische Forschung in Potsdam. He has written or edited about forty books, spanning topics such as the First and Second World War, German students and professionals, the development of the GDR, post-war German history, and debates about historical methods and historiography. Some of the recent titles include After Hitler (2005), Reluctant Accomplice (2011), and volume 3 of the Geschichte der Humboldt Universitat 1945-2000 (2012).

United Germany Debating Processes and Prospects

Jarausch Konrad H.
Innbundet / 2013 / Engelsk
Jarausch Konrad H.
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" - a welcome addition to the literature. It is a collection of some very interesting essays... Jarausch's introduction gives a masterly, balanced overview of the ongoing German unification process. The structure within the subsections of having three different authors (generally a West German, an East German, and an outsider) address the same general question works well." * Andrew Beattie, The University of New South Wales, Sydney "The book succeeds in giving a general overview of the issues connected to German unification, but does so in an unusually dynamic way. It shows unification as not just a state of affairs but a dynamic, tension-filled ongoing process of change and negotiation." * Stephen Brockmann, Carnegie Mellon University

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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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.
Preface Introduction: Growing Together? A Tentative Balance Sheet of German Unification Konrad H. Jarausch PART I: POLITICAL PROCESSES Chapter 1.Two Decades of Unity: Continuity and Change in Political Institutions Gero Neugebauer Chapter 2. United, Yet Separate: A View from the East Heinrich Bortfeld Chapter 3.Debates and Perceptions about Unification: The Centrality of Discourse Helga Welsh PART II: ECONOMIC PROBLEMS Chapter 4. Institutional Coping: The Collapse of the East German Economy and the Role of the Treuhandanstalt 1989-1990 Wolfgang Seibel Chapter 5. East Germany 1989 to 2010: A Fragmented Development Rainer Land Chapter 6. Getting Even: East German Economic Underperformance after Unification Jonathan Zatlin PART III: SOCIAL UPHEAVAL Chapter 7. 1989 and the Crisis of Feminist Politics Ute Gerhard Chapter 8. Womens' Movements in East Germany: Are We in Europe Yet? Ingrid Miethe Chapter 9. Feminist Encounters: Germany, the EU and Beyond Myra Marx Ferree PART IV: CULTURAL CONFLICT Chapter 10.After the GDR? Restoring Literature's Standing Klaus Scherpe Chapter 11. Unity and Difference: Some Reflections on a Disparate Field Frank Hornigk Chapter 12. The Painful Exit from the Cold War: East German Writers and the Demise of the Reading Culture Frank Trommler PART V: INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZATION Chapter 13. The 'Normalization' of Humanitarian and Military Missions Abroad Beate Neuss Chapter 14. German Foreign Policy after 1990: Some Critical Remarks Erhard Crome Chapter 15. 'To Deploy or not to Deploy:' The Erratic Evolution of German Foreign Policy since Unification Andrew Port Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index
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" - a welcome addition to the literature. It is a collection of some very interesting essays... Jarausch's introduction gives a masterly, balanced overview of the ongoing German unification process. The structure within the subsections of having three different authors (generally a West German, an East German, and an outsider) address the same general question works well." * Andrew Beattie, The University of New South Wales, Sydney "The book succeeds in giving a general overview of the issues connected to German unification, but does so in an unusually dynamic way. It shows unification as not just a state of affairs but a dynamic, tension-filled ongoing process of change and negotiation." * Stephen Brockmann, Carnegie Mellon University

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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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.
Preface Introduction: Growing Together? A Tentative Balance Sheet of German Unification Konrad H. Jarausch PART I: POLITICAL PROCESSES Chapter 1.Two Decades of Unity: Continuity and Change in Political Institutions Gero Neugebauer Chapter 2. United, Yet Separate: A View from the East Heinrich Bortfeld Chapter 3.Debates and Perceptions about Unification: The Centrality of Discourse Helga Welsh PART II: ECONOMIC PROBLEMS Chapter 4. Institutional Coping: The Collapse of the East German Economy and the Role of the Treuhandanstalt 1989-1990 Wolfgang Seibel Chapter 5. East Germany 1989 to 2010: A Fragmented Development Rainer Land Chapter 6. Getting Even: East German Economic Underperformance after Unification Jonathan Zatlin PART III: SOCIAL UPHEAVAL Chapter 7. 1989 and the Crisis of Feminist Politics Ute Gerhard Chapter 8. Womens' Movements in East Germany: Are We in Europe Yet? Ingrid Miethe Chapter 9. Feminist Encounters: Germany, the EU and Beyond Myra Marx Ferree PART IV: CULTURAL CONFLICT Chapter 10.After the GDR? Restoring Literature's Standing Klaus Scherpe Chapter 11. Unity and Difference: Some Reflections on a Disparate Field Frank Hornigk Chapter 12. The Painful Exit from the Cold War: East German Writers and the Demise of the Reading Culture Frank Trommler PART V: INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZATION Chapter 13. The 'Normalization' of Humanitarian and Military Missions Abroad Beate Neuss Chapter 14. German Foreign Policy after 1990: Some Critical Remarks Erhard Crome Chapter 15. 'To Deploy or not to Deploy:' The Erratic Evolution of German Foreign Policy since Unification Andrew Port Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780857459725
Publisert
2013-07-01
Utgiver
Berghahn Books
Aldersnivå
RES, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
280

Redaktør
Jarausch Konrad H.

Biografisk notat

Konrad H. Jarausch is the Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Senior Fellow of the Zentrum fur Zeithistorische Forschung in Potsdam. He has written or edited about forty books, spanning topics such as the First and Second World War, German students and professionals, the development of the GDR, post-war German history, and debates about historical methods and historiography. Some of the recent titles include After Hitler (2005), Reluctant Accomplice (2011), and volume 3 of the Geschichte der Humboldt Universitat 1945-2000 (2012).

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