The Postwar Transformation of Germany: Democracy, Prosperity and Nationhood

539 Pages·1999·29.815 MB·English

by  John Shannon Brady, Beverly Crawford, Sarah Elise Wiliarty

The Postwar Transformation of Germany

The Postwar Transformation of Germany
Democracy, Prosperity, and Nationhood
EDITED BY
JOHN S. BRADY,
BEVERLY CRAWFORD,
and
SARAH ELISE WILIARTY
Ann Arbor
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The postwar transformation of Germany: democracy, prosperity, and
nationhood / edited by John S. Brady, Beverly Crawford, and Sarah
Elise Wiliarty.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-472-10993-6 (alk. paper)
ISBN 0-472-08591-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
I. Democracy-German. 2. Political culture-Germany. 3. Germany
Economic conditions - 1945-1990. 4. Germany - Social policy.
5. Germany - Politics and government - 1945-1990. 6. Political
participation-Germany. 7. Social change-Germany. I. Brady, John,
1969- II. Crawford, Beverly. III. Wiliarty, Sarah Elise, 1968-
JN3971.A91 P695 1999
306.2'0943'09049 - ddc21 99-6174
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ISBN13 978-0-472-08591-0 (paper)
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Acknowledgments
We gratefully acknowledge the permission to reprint the following:
Ernst Haas's chapter, "The Late Flowering and Early Fading of German
Nationalism" from Ernst B. Haas, Nationalism, Liberalism, and Prog
ress, vol. 1, The Rise and Decline of Nationalism. Copyright © 1997 by
Cornell University. Used by permission of the publisher, Cornell Univer
sity Press.
Portions of Ludger Lindlar and Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich's chapter,
"Germany's Export Boom at Fifty - An Enduring Success Story?" were
previously published in Ludger Lindlar and Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich,
"Geography, Exchange Rates and Trade Structures: Germany's Export
Performance since the 1950s," European Review of Economic History,
vol. 1 (1997), 217-46. Used by permission of the publisher, Cambridge
University Press.
Portions of Thomas U. Berger's chapter, "The Burdens of Memory: The
Impact of History on German National Security Policy were previously
published in Thomas U. Berger, "The Past in the Present," German
Politics 6, no. 1: 39-59, published by Frank Cass & Company, 900
Eastern Avenue, Ilford, Essex, England. Copyright © Frank Cass & Co
Ltd 1997.

Contents
Germany Transformed? A Framework for Analysis 1
Beverly Crawford, John S. Brady, and
Sarah Elise Wiliarty
Building Democracy: The Institutions and Political
Culture of German Democracy
The German Response to the Challenge of
Extremist Parties, 1949-1994 35
Peter H. Merkl
Building Democracy and Changing Institutions: The
Professional Civil Service and Political Parties in
the Federal Republic of Germany 63
Gregg O. Kvistad
Building Democracy: Judicial Review and the
German Rechtsstaat 94
Donald P Kommers
From State Culture to Citizen Culture: Political
Parties and the Postwar Transformation of
Political Culture in Germany 122
Michaela Richter
The Challenge of Prosperity: The Foundations of the
German Economy and Challenges of the Future
Germany's Export Boom at Fifty - An Enduring
Success Story? 163
Ludger Lindlar and Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich
V11l Contents
The German Welfare State: Principles,
Performance, Prospects 202
Claus Offe
Norms, Ideology, and Institutions: (En)Gendered
Retrenchment of Modell Deutschland? 225
Patricia Davis and Simon Reich
The Question of Nationhood: The Evolution of
National Identity in the Federal Republic
The End of Longing? (Notes toward a History of
Postwar German National Longing) 271
Charles S. Maier
The Late Flowering and Early Fading of
German Nationalism 286
Ernst Haas
The Federal Republic as a Nation-State 339
Peter KrUger
Immigration and Nationhood in the Federal
Republic of Germany 357
Christhard Hoffmann
Two Discourses of Citizenship in Germany:
The Differences between Public Debate and
Administrative Practice 378
lost Halfmann
Germany's Place in the World
The Enduring Transformation of Postwar German
Foreign Policy 401
Thomas Ranchoff
Germany's Place in the World 420
Wolfgang Krieger
Contents IX
The Contemporary Power of Memory: The
Dilemmas for German Foreign Policy 439
Andrei S. Markovits and Simon Reich
The Burdens of Memory: The Impact of History
on German National Security Policy 473
Thomas U Berger
Conclusion
From the Bonn to the Berlin Republic and
Beyond: Critical Junctures and the Future of the
Federal Republic 503
John S. Brady and Sarah Elise Wiliarty
Contributors 519
Index 521