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Author Wittlinger, Ruth, 1961-

Title German national identity in the twenty-first century : a different republic after all? / Ruth Wittlinger
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 187 pages)
Series New perspectives in German political studies
New perspectives in German political studies.
Contents Introduction: a different republic after all -- German national identity and Nazi past -- The quest for "inner unity" -- From prosperity to a democracy of want? -- The new Germany in the new Europe: a leading power -- Germany's new foreign policy identity -- Conclusion: German national identity in the twenty-first century
Summary The national identity of West Germany - the Bonn Republic - was based on a consensus the main pillars of which were a legacy of Germany's Nazi past. In spite of numerous assurances by the political elites at the time of unification that united Germany would be characterised by continuity rather than change, two decades after the fall of the Wall the overall picture is rather different. In order to illustrate the changes that have taken place, Ruth Wittlinger examines those areas which provide significant component parts of Germany's new identity. Her analysis focuses on the recent dynamics of collective memory of Germany's Nazi past, the question of 'inner unity' between east and west, the decline of the Modell Deutschland and its impact on German political culture, the new Germany in the enlarged European Union and, in more general terms, Germany's new foreign policy identity which has abandoned its traditional 'culture of restraint' and is characterised by a much more participatory approach to international affairs. This book takes a fresh look at German national identity in the twenty-first century and shows that it has undergone considerable changes since unification in 1990. Due to the external pressures of the post-Cold War world but also due to domestic developments, Germany has re-emerged as a confident nation which is less hesitant to assert its national interest
"This book shows that German national identity has undergone considerable changes since unification in 1990. Due to the external pressures of the post-cold war world but also due to domestic developments such as recent dynamics of collective memory, Germany has re-emerged as a confident nation which is less hesitant to assert its national interest"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index
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Subject Group identity -- Germany
Group identity -- Political aspects -- Germany
Central government policies -- Germany.
European history -- Germany.
Nationalism -- Germany.
Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 -- Germany.
HISTORY.
Politics and Government.
Group identity
Group identity -- Political aspects
Politics and government
Nationale identiteit.
Nationalbewusstsein -- Deutschland -- Geschichte 1949-2000.
Nationalbewusstsein -- Deutschland -- Geschichte 21. Jh.
Gruppenidentität.
Nationalbewusstsein.
15.70 history of Europe.
SUBJECT Germany -- Politics and government -- 1990- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91000847
Subject Germany
Duitsland.
Deutschland.
Tyskland -- politik och förvaltning.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010027569
ISBN 9780230290495
0230290493
1282997637
9781282997639
9786612997631
661299763X