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| Preface to the Tenth Edition | |
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| Introduction to the Tenth Edition | |
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| The Study of German Politics | |
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| The Plan of This Book | |
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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 Seizure of Power | |
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| The 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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| Eastern Germany before and after Reunification | |
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| Building Socialism, 1949-1961 | |
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| The Stasi | |
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| The June 1953 Uprising | |
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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 Collapse of Communism | |
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| The Unification Process | |
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| The West German Response | |
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| The East German Opposition | |
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| The Soviet Factor | |
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| Legal and Constitutional Dimensions of the Unification Process | |
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| Unification: A Brief Analysis | |
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| The Aftermath of Unification | |
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| The Economy | |
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| The Environment | |
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| The "Wall in People's Heads" | |
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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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| An Export-Oriented Economy | |
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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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| From Economic Basket Case to Savior of the Euro | |
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| The Economy's Hidden Champions: The Mittelstand | |
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| Continued Challenges | |
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| Income Structure | |
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| Capital Resources | |
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| Religious Composition | |
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| Age and Family Structure | |
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| Family Structure | |
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| The Educational System | |
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| Basic Structure | |
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| Mass Media | |
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| The Press | |
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| Television and Radio | |
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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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| National Identity | |
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| Legitimacy | |
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| Democratic Support in East Germany | |
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| Political Interest and Involvement | |
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| The General Pattern | |
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| Social Capital | |
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| New Forms of Political Participation: Citizen Groups and Movements | |
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| Civil Liberties and Human Rights | |
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| Civil Liberties Controversies | |
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| The Status and Role of Key Social Groups | |
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| Residents with a Migration Background | |
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| Women | |
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| Women in Eastern Germany | |
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| Youth | |
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| Refugees and Resettlers | |
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| Political Radicals and Extremists | |
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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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| Other Parties | |
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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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| 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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| Criteria for Selection | |
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| Electoral Politics and Campaign Styles | |
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| Media | |
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| Campaign and Party Finance | |
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| The Pattern of Federal Elections | |
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| Elections after Reunification | |
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| The 2005 and 2009 Elections: The End of Two-Party Dominance? | |
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| Basic Orientations of the Electorate | |
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| Ideology | |
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| Party Preference | |
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| Determinants of Voting Behavior | |
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| Sociodemographic Factors | |
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| Voter Dynamics | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Policy-Making 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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| The Chancellors of the Federal Republic | |
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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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| Policy-Making 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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| Structure | |
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| Personnel | |
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| Pressures for Reform | |
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| Semipublic Institutions | |
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| The Social Security and Health Systems | |
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| The Federal Labor Agency | |
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| The Bundesbank | |
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| The Judiciary and the Court System | |
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| The Character of German Law | |
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| The Judiciary | |
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| Court Structure | |
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| Judicial Review and the Federal Constitutional Court | |
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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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| Unity and Diversity among German States | |
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| The Constitutional Structure of the States | |
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| State-Level Party Systems | |
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| Electoral Politics in the States | |
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| Leaders and Policies | |
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| Federal-State Integration: Revenue Sharing | |
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| Vertical Equalization and Tax Sharing | |
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| The Future of Federalism | |
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| Federalism Reform | |
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| Local Government | |
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| Structures and Functions | |
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| Challenges to Local Government | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| The Return of German Power: The Federal Republic's Foreign and European Policy | |
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| The German Question | |
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| Postwar Transformation | |
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| Institutions and Socialization | |
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| Reconciliation | |
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| Soft Power | |
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| Multilateralism | |
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| The Postunification Period: A New Version of the German Question | |
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| From the 1991 Gulf War to Kosovo | |
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| Into the Twenty-First Century | |
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| The European Union | |
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| The Impact of European Integration on Germany | |
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| The Euro | |
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| The Never-Ending Euro Crisis? | |
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| The Euro Stops Here | |
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| Summary and Conclusion | |
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| Conclusion: Germany's Rise and Future Challenges | |
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| The Past and Future of German Exceptionalism | |
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| Reforming the Gridlocked Republic? | |
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| The Future of the Welfare State and the New Poverty | |
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| Germany after Merkel | |
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| Looking Back and Looking Forward: The German Experience of Political Development and the Future of German Power | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |