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| Tables and Figures | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Historical Setting | |
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| The First Reich | |
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| The Rise of Prussia | |
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| The Empire (1871-1918) | |
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| World War I and the Collapse of the Second Reich | |
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| The Weimar Republic (1919-1933) | |
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| The Nazi Third Reich and World War II | |
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| Foreign Occupation and National Division | |
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| The Formation of the Federal Republic | |
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| Putting Germany Back Together Again: Unification and Its Aftermath | |
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| Building Socialism: 1949-1961 | |
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| After the Wall-Stability and Consolidation: 1961-1970 | |
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| The Honecker Era: 1971-1985 | |
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| Perestroika and the Crisis of the Regime: 1985-1989 | |
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| The "Great Escape" and the Collapse of Communism | |
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| The Unification Process | |
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| The Aftermath of Unification | |
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| The Social and Economic Setting | |
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| Area and Population | |
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| Urbanization and Industrialization | |
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| The Rural Sector | |
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| Regionalism | |
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| Occupational and Class Structure | |
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| The Economy | |
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| Religious Composition | |
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| Age and Family Structure | |
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| The Educational System | |
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| Mass Media | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Political Culture, Participation, And Civil Liberties | |
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| Political Values | |
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| Democratic Support in East Germany | |
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| Political Interest and Involvement | |
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| Civil Liberties and Human Rights | |
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| The Status and Role of Key Social Groups | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| The Party System and The Representation of Interests | |
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| The Party State | |
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| The Party System | |
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| The Christian Democrats | |
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| The Social Democrats | |
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| The Free Democrats | |
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| The Greens | |
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| The Left Party | |
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| The Representation of Interests | |
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| Extent of Interest Groups | |
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| Major Interest Alignments | |
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| The Churches | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Elections and Voting Behavior | |
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| Electoral Mechanics | |
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| The Electoral System | |
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| Nomination and Candidate Selection | |
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| Electoral Politics and Campaign Styles | |
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| Campaign and Party Finance | |
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| The Pattern of Federal Elections, 1949-2005 | |
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| Basic Orientations of the Electorate | |
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| Determinants of Voting Behavior | |
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| Voter Dynamics | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Policymaking Institutions I: Parliament and Executive | |
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| Legislative Institutions | |
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| The Bundestag: The Main Political Battleground | |
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| The Bundesrat: The "Quiet" Second Chamber | |
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| Executive Institutions: Chancellor and Cabinet | |
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| Chancellor Democracy | |
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| Gerhard Schr�der (1998-2005): The Reluctant Reformer | |
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| Angela Merkel (2005-): The Accidental Chancellor | |
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| The Federal President | |
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| Summary of the Formal Lawmaking Process | |
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| Preparliamentary Stage | |
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| Parliamentary Stage | |
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| Policymaking Institutions II: Administration, Semipublic Institutions, and Courts | |
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| Development of the German Administrative and Judicial System | |
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| State Administration | |
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| Semipublic Institutions | |
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| Pension Reform | |
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| The Judiciary and the Court System | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Subnational Units: Federalism and Local Government | |
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| The Development of German Federalism | |
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| State-Level Politics | |
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| The Constitutional Structure of the States | |
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| The Future of Federalism | |
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| Local Government | |
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| The Urban Crisis, German-Style | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Conclusion: The Unified German Polity Faces the Future | |
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| The Stalemate Republic? | |
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| Policy Issues and Processes | |
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| Germany's New International Role | |
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| The German Experience and Political Development | |
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| Appendix: The Basic Law of the Federal Republic | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |