Rethinking Germany and Europe: democracy and diplomacy in a semi-sovereign state
Germany and Europe, the Federal Republic of Germany and the iinstitutinos of European integration, form a unique duality. They emerged in a staet of co-dependence – with wide-ranging ramifications for the rest of Europe, both East and West – in the first decades after the Second World War. From the...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY
Palgrave Macmillan
2010
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, Cover: https://portal.dnb.de/opac/mvb/cover?isbn=978-0-230-23655-4 Cover: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz31903870xcov.jpg Inhaltsverzeichnis: http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=020316588&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Verlag, Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://d-nb.info/1014513766/04 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Simon Bulmer (Professor of European Politics, University of Sheffield, UK), Charlie Jeffery (Professor of Politics, University of Edinburgh, UK) and Stephen Padgett (Professor of Poltiics, University of Strathclyde, UK) |
| Summary: | Germany and Europe, the Federal Republic of Germany and the iinstitutinos of European integration, form a unique duality. They emerged in a staet of co-dependence – with wide-ranging ramifications for the rest of Europe, both East and West – in the first decades after the Second World War. From the 1970s to the 1990s they had a symbiotic relationship, with Germany as a driving force in the key initiatives of European integration, and the EU adopting many of the institutional templates developed within Germany. More recently the closeness of the relationship has been strained as the geopolitical context has shifted and as Germany has faced a new set of resource constraints. These restrictions have challenged German democracy: the capacity of political parties to engage and mobilize citizens, the capacity of political institutions to tackle pressing policy prblems. Those strains have been externalized in Germany's European diplomacy, producing a new assertiveness and a reduced commitment in pursuing European integration as an end in itself. This book is about the interface of German democracy with European diplomacy and maps out the shifting terrain in contemporary Europe. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 221-240 Enthält ein Register |
| ISBN: | 0230236553 9780230236554 |