Germany since Unification: The Domestic and External Consequences

251 Pages·1998·36.861 MB·English

by  Klaus Larres (eds.)

GERMANY SINCEUNIFICATION
Also byKlausLarres
GERMANY ANDTHE UNITED STATES INTHE 20TH CENTURY:
APolitical History (inGerman.Co-editorwith T. Oppel/and)
POLITICS OF ILLUSION:Churchill,Eisenhowerand theGerman
Question, 1945-1955 (inGerman)
THEFEDERALREPUBLICOF GERMANYSINCE 1949:Politics,
Society andEconomyBefore and AfterUnification (co-editor
withP. Panayi)
Germany since
Unification
The Domestic and External Consequences
Edited by
Klaus Larres
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Contents
List ofTables vii
Notes on the Contributors ix
Glossary and Abbreviations xi
Introduction
Part I: The German Question and the Revolution of
1989-90
The German Question, 1945-95 9
RolfSteininger
2 Germany in 1989: the Development of a Revolution 33
Klaus Larres
Part II: The Domestic Consequences of German Unification
3 The German Economy since 1989/90: Problems and
Prospects 63
Christopher Flockton
4 The German Party System since Unification 88
William M. Chandler
5 German Federalism in the 1990s: On the Road to a
'Divided Polity'? 107
Charlie Jeffery
6 Racial Exclusionism in the New Germany 129
Panikos Panayi
Part III: The External Consequences of German Unification
7 The German Model and European Integration 151
Eric Owen Smith
8 Believing in the Miracle Cure: The Economic Transition
Process in Germany and East-Central Europe 174
Till Geiger
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VI Contents
9 Germany's Security Policy Dilemmas: NATO, the WEU
oscs
and the 203
Adrian Hyde-Price
Index 231
List of Tables
3.1 Macroeconomic evolution in the FRG. 1990-94 68
3.2 Treuhand performance, November 1994 75
4.1 A framework for analysing party change 90
4.2 Patterns of party merger 91
4.3 Coalition patterns: stability/change in the Lander 103
6.1 Racial attacks in Germany in 1991-92 139
7.1 Vertical fiscal equalisation 157
7.2 GEMSU and horizontal fiscal equalisation 158
8.1 Growth of output 177
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Notes on the Contributors
Professor William M. Chandler is Professor of Political Science at
the University ofCalifornia,San Diego.Previously hetaughtatMcMaster
University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. His recent publications in
clude Public Policy and Provincial Politics, with M.A.Chandler (1979);
Federalism and the Role of the State, edited with H. Bakvis (1987);
Challenges to Federalism: Policy-making in Canada and the Federal
Republic ofGermany, edited with C.W. Zollner (1989).
Professor Christopher Flockton is Director and Head of the Depart
ment of Linguistic and International Studies at the University of Sur
rey in Guildford, England. His recent publications include 'The Federal
German Economy', in D. Dyker (ed.), The European Economy, vol. 2
(1992); 'Labour Market Problems and Labour Market Policy', with
J. Esser, in G. Smith et al., Developments in German Politics (1992);
'Economic Management and the Challenge of Reunification', in G.Smith
et aI., Developments in German Politics 2 (1996).
Till Geiger is a Lecturer in European Studies at The Queen's Univer
sity of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His recent publications include 'Like
a Phoenix from the Ashes!? Western Germany's return to the European
market, 1945-58', European Contemporary History 3 (1994); Regional
Trade Blocs. Multilateralism and the GATT, edited with D. Kennedy
(1996); 'National defense policies and the failure of military integra
tion in NATO: American military assistance and Western European
rearmament, 1949-1954', with L. Sebesta, in F.Heller and J.Gillingham
(eds), The United States and the Integration of Europe (1996).
Dr Adrian Hyde-Price is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute for German
Studies ofthe University ofBirmingham, England. His recent publica
tions include European Security Beyond the Cold: Five Scenarios for
the Year20/0 (1991); "'OfDragons and Snakes": Contemporary German
Security Policy', in G. Smith et al., Developments in German Politics
2 (1996); The International Politics ofEast Central Europe (1996).
Dr Charlie Jeffery is Deputy Director of the Institute for German
Studies at the University of Birmingham, England.Hisrecent publications
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include German Federalism Today, edited with P. Savigear (1991);
Federalism, Unificationand European Integration, edited with R. Sturm
(1993); The Regional Dimension of the European Union, edited vol
ume (1996).
Dr Klaus Larres is a Lecturer in Politics at The Queen's University
of Belfast, Northern Ireland. His recent publications include Politik
der Illusionen: Churchill, Eisenhower und die deutsche Frage 1945
1955 (1995); The Federal Republic of Germany since 1949: Politics,
Economyand Society before and after Unification, edited with P. Panayi
(1996);Deutschland und die USA im 20. lahrhundert: Eine Geschichte
der politischen Beziehungen, edited with T. Oppelland (1997).
Dr Eric Owen Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Loughbor
ough University, England. His recent publications include Third Party
Involvement in Industrial Disputes: A Comparative Study ofWest Ger
many and Britain, with B. Frick and T. Griffiths (1989); The German
Economy (1994); 'Incentives for Growth and Development', in S.F.
Frowen and J. Holscher (eds), The German Currency Union of1990
A Critical Assessment (1996).
Dr Panikos Panayi is a Principal Lecturer in History at De Montfort
University in Leicester, England. His recent publications include The
enemy in our midst: Germans in Britain during the First World War
(1991); German Immigrants in Britain during the Nineteenth Century,
1815-1914 (1995); The Federal Republic of Germany since 1949:
Politics,Society and Economy before and after Unification, edited with
K. Larres (1996).
Professor Rolf Steininger is Professor of Modern History and Direc
tor of the Institute of Contemporary History at the University of Inns
bruck, Austria. His recent publications include The German Question.
The Stalin Note of1952 and the Problem ofReunification (1990); Die
doppelte Einddmmung: europdische Sicherheit und deutsche Frage in
den Fiinfzigern, edited (1993); Deutsche Geschichte 1945-1990:
Darstellung und Dokumente, 4 vols (1996).