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• Germans or foreigners?

  • Richard D. Alba

  • 308 stránek
  • 11 hodin čtení

  This book examines contemporary attitudes towards ethnic minorities in Germany. These minorities include some of immigrant origin, such as Italians, Turks, and asylum seekers, and the principal non-immigrant minority, Jews. While the findings demonstrate that intense prejudice against minorities is not widespread among Germans, many of whom in fact can be considered immigrant- and minority-friendly, a crystallization of attitudes is also evident: that is, attitudes towards immigrants are strongly correlated with anti-Semitism and with other worldview dimensions, such as positioning in the left-right political spectrum. In this sense, the fundamental question of whether immigrants and other minorities should be regarded as fellow citizens or ethnic outsiders remains relevant in the German context.

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• The Impact of Radical Right-Wing Parties in West European Democracies

  • M. Williams

  • 236 stránek
  • 9 hodin čtení

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  The book explores the significant influence of far-right parties in shaping political discourse, party dynamics, and government policies amid contemporary challenges like global migration and terrorism. It argues that these parties capitalize on national governments' struggles to address pressing issues, allowing them to strategically position themselves within the political landscape.

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• Germany, Poland, and postmemorial relations

  • Kristin Leigh Kopp

  • 287 stránek
  • 11 hodin čtení

  Covering the period following the collapse of communism, the unification of Germany, and Poland's accession to the EU, this collection focuses on the interdependencies of German, Polish, and Jewish collective memories and their dialogic, transnational character, showing the collective nature of postmemory and the pressures that shape it.

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• Germany on the road to "normalcy"

  • Werner Reutter

  • 320 stránek
  • 12 hodin čtení

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  Many thought that the "German question", which had shaped European history so catastrophically in the last century, had been solved for good in 1990. Furthermore, the elections in 1998 seemed to confirm that Germany was on the road to "normalcy". For the first time in postwar German history a ruling party coalition was totally unseated by elections. Germany thus finally joined other western democracies as a state where a change of government following elections is commonplace. However, starting in the new millennium many have begun to see Germany as a problem case in Europe yet again. This raises questions about the future of Germany and the performance of the Red-Green government that this book seeks to answer. The contributors to this volume examine policies and politics of the Red-Green government in Germany, put recent changes and developments in this country in a long-term perspective, and provide conclusions about future developments.

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• German ideologies since 1945

  • Jan Müller

  • 288 stránek
  • 11 hodin čtení

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  The contributors of this volume seek to answer such questions as: 'How did the Germans overcome 'Germanic Ideology', or did they?' 'Why is there no libertarianism in Germany?' 'What do German conservatives wish to conserve?'. Emphasizing shared patterns of thought, the contributors trace the contours of political thought in a divided nation with a difficult past, and ion the shadow of the culture and political values of the United States.

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• Defending Europe : the EU, NATO and the Quest for European Autonomy

  • Jolyon Howorth

  • 256 stránek
  • 9 hodin čtení

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  Defending Europe seeks to clarify the competing ambitions, the contrasting visions and the trans-Atlantic tensions related to the recent quest by Europe for autonomy in the sphere of security and defense. Scholars from both sides of the Atlantic explore the development of ESDI within NATO, the revival of the WEU and the launch of the EU's Common European Security and Defense Policy. Among the issues discussed are the Euro-American capabilities gap, concerns regarding decoupling, discrimination, and duplication, and the complications posed by NATO/EU enlargement. Two contrary conclusions debate whether ESDP is more likely to strengthen or undermine the Atlantic Alliance. This informative foray into trans-Atlantic security and defense issues is a crucial addition to the ongoing dialogue concerning this shifting and evolving relationship.

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• Germany after the grand coalition

  • Silvia Bolgherini

  • 265 stránek
  • 10 hodin čtení

  The volume analyses key political themes and debates in German politics, with a particular focus on the dynamics of the forthcoming federal elections and the transformations emerging out of them.

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