UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL - DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN DR MARK ALLINSON - PUBLICATIONS

CONTEMPORARY GERMANY Essays and texts on Politics, Economics and Society Edited by Mark Allinson (Series editor: Professor Jill Forbes) with contributions by Mark Allinson Jeremy Leaman Stuart Parkes and language exercises by Barbara Tolkiehn Published by Longman (2000) Paperback £22.99 304 pages ISBN: 0582357144

From the Longman website:

Brief description:

Designed for combined Language and Social Science 2nd and 3rd year courses on Germany found in departments of German, Politics, Modern Languages and European Studies. This book charts the post-war development of Germany - East & West - through to reunification and Germany's evolving role in world politics and economics. It combines a concise yet comprehensive introduction in English to contemporary German politics, society & economics with extensive authentic extracts from German language publications backed up with specially developed language exercises.

Features:

• Original non-technical essays in English provide an excellent jargon-free introduction to contemporary Germany.
• Over 60 extracts from German language publications - extremely useful selection of original documents saving lecturers search time and providing authentic resources for students to develop technical vocabulary and language skills.
• Specifically developed language exercises designed to reduced lecturer preparation time and provide students
• with range of exercises to practise comprehension, translation, grammar and vocabulary.
• Chronology of main events.
• Annotated guides to further reading.

Contents:

List of Tables and Figures

List of Texts

Glossary of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Part 1 German Politics Since 1945: From Division to Divided Unity (Mark Allinson)

Introduction

Dividing Germany

Germany in the international context
1948-49: From the Berlin Blockade to two German states

Political parties

The Basic Law - guarantor of West German democracy
Chancellor democracy? The FRG 1949-1966

Sovereignty and western integration

Controversy in domestic affairs

New directions and consolidation: The Federal Republic, 1966-1989

Grand Coalition, 1966-69

'Ostpolitik'

Daring more democracy'

Kohl as chancellor before unification

The 'second German state'

The structures of people's democracy

Challenges to the socialist order

Conformity, recognition and stagnation

Collapse

United Germany, 1990-1998

Uniting Germany

Tackling the GDR legacy

The PDS and the new party system

Unification and the established parties

A right wing threat?

Conclusion

Suggestions for further reading

Texts and exercises

Part 2: The German Economy (Jeremy Leaman)

Introduction

Establishing order

Postwar recovery in Germany: myth and reality

Normalisation, 1960-72

Stagflation and monetarism in West Germany, 1973-82

The neo-liberal revolution in West Germany, 1982-89

German unification and the German economy

German unification and Europe

Conclusion: An uncertain future for Germany's political economy

Suggestions for further reading

Texts and exercises

Part 3: German Society (Stuart Parkes)

Introduction

Social Groups and Divisions

Social structure

East and west

Germans and foreigners

Women
Youth and generations

Social Institutions

Marriage and the family

Education

Religion

Mass Media

Conclusion

Suggestions for further reading

Texts and exercises

Chronology

Index

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