The Berlin Republic / Winand Gellner, John D. Robertson -- Analysing German unification / Mi-Kyung Kim, John D. Robertson -- Historical consciousness and the changing of German political culture / Felix Philipp Lutz -- Trust in democratic institutions in Germany / Robert Rohrschneider, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck -- The 'double' public / Winand Gellner, Gerd Strohmeier -- The effects of German unification on the Federal Chancellor's decision-making / Karl-Rudolf Korte -- The German party system / Thomas Saalfeld -- The impact of unification on German federalism / Arthur B. Gunlicks -- Local government and politics in East Germany / Hellmut Wollmann -- Economic consequences of German unification / Michael Münter, Roland Sturm -- A change of course? / Franz-Josef Meiers -- The power of institutions and norms in shaping national answers to globalisation / Stefan A. Schirm
Summary
These essays offer fresh insight and perspectives explaining the effects of East Germany's unification into the western system on Germany and the EU as a whole
