The Berlin Republic: German Unification and A Decade of Changes

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
The Berlin Republic: German Unification and a Decade of Changes......Page 9
Analysing German Unification: State, Nation and the Quest for Political Community......Page 11
INSTITUTIONS AND IDENTITY: STATE AND NATION......Page 13
THE CONTINUITY OF GERMAN POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AFTER UNIFICATION......Page 15
EXIT, VOICE AND LOYALTY: IN SEARCH OF A NEW GERMAN IDENTITY......Page 19
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS......Page 21
NOTES......Page 23
Historical Consciousness and the Changing of German Political Culture......Page 27
HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS......Page 28
Anti-Fascism and National Socialism......Page 29
Political Upheaval and Unification......Page 30
Generations in the New Federal States......Page 31
Generations in the Old Federal States......Page 32
Repression......Page 34
Historical Pessimism......Page 35
Responsibility......Page 36
Foreign Policy and War......Page 37
The Return of the SED?......Page 38
NOTES......Page 39
Trust in Democratic Institutions in Germany: Theory and Evidence Ten Years After Unification......Page 42
TRUST IN INSTITUTIONS......Page 43
Conceptualising Institutional Trust......Page 44
The Empirical Meaning of Institutional Trust......Page 46
Institutional Trust 1984–2000......Page 47
Explaining Institutional Trust......Page 50
Socialist Ideals......Page 51
Hypothesis 1: Support for socialism as an ideal decreases public trust in Germany’s institutions.......Page 52
 Hypothesis 3: Religious values increase public trust in Germany’s institutions.......Page 53
Hypothesis 4: Poor performance appraisals reduce trust in institutions.......Page 54
Hypothesis 6b: The larger citizens’ networks of weak ties the higher their confidence in political institutions.......Page 56
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES......Page 57
CONCLUSION......Page 60
APPENDIX......Page 62
NOTES......Page 63
THEORY......Page 67
The Press Market......Page 71
The Broadcasting Market......Page 73
THE JOURNALISTS: KEEPERS OF INTERPRETATIONAL CULTURE......Page 74
The Role of Journalists After Reunification......Page 75
Views of East German Journalists......Page 76
Quantity of Media Use......Page 79
Quality of Media: Dominance of Private Television Broadcaster in East Germany......Page 81
Quality of Media: Entertainment-Orientation of East German Audiences......Page 82
Results......Page 87
Media Use of East Germans......Page 88
NOTES......Page 89
The Effects of German Unification on the Federal Chancellor’s Decision-Making......Page 92
Centralisation of Power......Page 93
Secret Governing......Page 97
Corporatist Leadership Styles......Page 98
Matter-for-the-Leader Myth......Page 99
Tele-Politics......Page 100
Instrumentalisation of the Mass Media......Page 101
The Charm of the Resource Called Foreign Policy......Page 102
CONCLUSION......Page 103
NOTES......Page 105
The German Party System —Continuity and Change......Page 106
FOUR INTERPRETATIONS OF CHANGE......Page 107
PARTY AND PARTY SYSTEM CHANGE: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK......Page 110
POLARISATION AND BLOCKAGE?......Page 113
COMPLETE TRANSFER OR REGIONALLY DIFFERENTIATED TRANSFER OF THE WEST GERMAN PARTY SYSTEM TO THE EAST?......Page 121
EAST GERMAN PARTY ORGANISATIONS AS THE ‘VANGUARDS OF CHANGE’?......Page 126
CONCLUSIONS......Page 130
NOTES......Page 132
TERRITORIAL CHANGES......Page 137
The Federal Level......Page 138
Constitutions in the Lander......Page 140
THE LANDER AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION......Page 142
FISCAL FEDERALISM......Page 145
BOUNDARY REFORM OF THE ‘LANDER’......Page 147
The German Party System......Page 149
Direct Democracy......Page 151
CONCLUSION......Page 153
NOTES......Page 154
Institutional Transformation in East Germany: A Case of Exogenous Determination?......Page 158
‘Endogenous’ Adaptation and Self-Development?......Page 160
DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND LOCAL POLITICS......Page 161
Direct Election of Mayors (and of Landrate)......Page 162
Local Referendums......Page 164
Local Democracy in Practice: Local Council Elections......Page 165
Direct Election of Mayors......Page 166
Local Practice in Local Referendums......Page 167
Territorial Reforms......Page 170
Organisational Build-up......Page 171
Personnel Structures......Page 172
PERFORMANCE OF THE NEW ORGANISATIONAL AND PERSONNEL STRUCTURES OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION......Page 175
COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE......Page 177
NOTES......Page 179
Economic Consequences of German Unification......Page 183
Financial Transfers......Page 185
Fiscal Balance......Page 187
LABOUR MARKET POLICIES......Page 189
PERCEPTIONS OF IMBALANCE IN LIVING STANDARDS......Page 192
CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK......Page 194
NOTES......Page 195
A Change of Course? German Foreign and Security Policy After Unification......Page 199
GERMANY AND THE DEEPENING OF THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS......Page 201
GERMANY AND THE EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE IDENTITY (ESDI)......Page 204
GERMANY AND THE ‘NEW NATO’......Page 208
GERMANY AND THE BROADER MISSION TASKS......Page 210
GERMANY AND THE REFORM OF ARMED FORCES......Page 212
CONTINUITY AND CHANGE......Page 215
NOTES......Page 216
The Power of Institutions and Norms in Shaping National Answers to Globalisation: German Economic Policy After Unification......Page 220
THE CASE FOR CONVERGENCE: GLOBALISATION AND NATIONAL ECONOMIES......Page 222
THE CASE FOR DIVERGENCE: INSTITUTIONS, NORMS AND ECONOMIC POLICY-MAKING......Page 224
Norms......Page 225
‘SOZIALE MARKTWIRTSCHAFT’ AND ECONOMIC POLICY IN THE 1970s AND 1980s......Page 226
Reforms and the ‘Standortdebatte’......Page 229
German Unification and Economic Policy......Page 231
Wages......Page 232
Transfer Payments......Page 233
CONCLUSION......Page 234
NOTES......Page 235
Abstracts......Page 240
Notes on Contributors......Page 244
Index......Page 247