The Oxford Handbook of German Politics

721 Pages·2022·25.339 MB·English

by  Klaus Larres, Holger Moroff, Ruth Wittlinger

The Oxford Handbook of
G E R M A N
P O L I T I C S

The Oxford Handbook of
GERMAN
POLITICS
Edited by
KLAUS LARRES, HOLGER MOROFF,
and RUTH WITTLINGER
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Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables xi
List of Contributors xiii
Introduction 1
Klaus Larres, Holger Moroff, and Ruth Wittlinger
PART I: LEADING SCHOLARS AND THEIR
INTERPRETATIONS OF GERMAN HISTORY
FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT
1. E ncounters with Modernity: The German Search for Alternatives in
the Twentieth Century 7
Konrad H. Jarausch
2. F rom Post- National Democracy to Post- Classical Nation-S tate 24
Heinrich August Winkler
3. E motional Styles in Post- War German Politics 33
Ute Frevert
4. Th e Development of Germany After 1945 45
Klaus von Beyme
PART II: GERMANY DURING
THE COLD WAR ERA
5. A tlantic Integration and ‘Ever Closer Union’: West Germany, the US,
and European Unity during the Cold War 59
Klaus Larres
6. G ermany and the Soviet Union during the Cold War Era 82
Peter Ruggenthaler
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7. Th e Governmental System and Political History of the GDR 103
Gert-J oachim Glaessner
8. Th e End of the Cold War and the Process of German Unification 119
Larissa R. Stiglich

PART III: GERMANY SINCE 1990
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND
CONSTITUTIONAL DESIGN
9. Th e Executive: The German Government and Civil Service 139
Ray Hebestreit and Karl-R udolf Korte
10. Th e German Bundestag: Core Institution in a Parliamentary
Democracy 161
Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer and Sven T. Siefken

11. Th e Federal System and the Länder 179
Arthur Benz

12. Th e German Legal System and Courts 196
Russell A. Miller

13. Th e ‘Old Five’: The Bonn Parties in the Berlin Republic 216
David F. Patton

14. G ermany’s Political Parties—t he Newcomers 234
Hartwig Pautz

POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POLICY-M AKING
15. Th e German Economic Model: From Germany’s Social Market
Economy to Neo-l iberalism? 251

Christian Schweiger
16. G ermany’s Trading System and Export-D riven Economy 265

Andreas Busch
17. G ermany’s Banking and Financial System 285
Janine Jacob
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18. Th e German Welfare State 304
Peter Starke
19. Th e Immigration System and the Rule of Law 323
Dietrich Thränhardt
20. The Merkel Era: Environmental Politics and the ‘Energiewende’
(Energy Transition) 339
Carl Lankowski
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
21. D emographics and Generational Transition and Politics 367
Reinhold Sackmann
22. R eligion and the Churches 381
Detlef Pollack and Olaf Müller
23. J ewish Life and Politics in Post-W ar Germany 396
Joseph Cronin
24. Identity and Diversity in Post-U nification Germany 416
Priscilla Layne
25. G erman Literature, Theatre, and Film since 1990 432
Michael Braun
26. German Art After 1990 450
Marion Deshmukh
PART IV: GERMANY IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS
GERMANY AND EUROPE
27. G erman Foreign Policy: Roots, Reasonings, and Repercussions 469
Holger Moroff
28. Franco- German Relations and the European Integration Process
since 1990 491
Carine Germond