The New Germany: Social, Political and Cultural Challenges of Unification

by Mark Blacksell (Contribution by), Martin Brady (Contribution by), Dagmar Flinspach (Contribution by), Helen Hughes (Contribution by), Charles Jeffery (Contribution by)

Overview

The New Germany provides a picture of contemporary Germany from a variety of perspectives, establishing relationships between recent political events and society and cultural life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780859894944
Publisher:	University of Exeter Press
Publication date:	11/01/1995
Series:	Cultural and Social Studies
Edition description:	1
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x (h) x (d)

About the Author

Derek Lewis is Lecturer in German, University of Exeter. John McKenzie is Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in German, University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Setting the Scene: the Demise of East Germany

1. From Euphoria to Reality: Social Problems of Post-Unification (Jürgen A. K. Thomaneck)

2. Views of the Wende (Gerald Opie)

3. The GDR: Wende and Legacy (Derek Lewis)

Part II: The Political, Social and Economic Challenges

4. Germany as a European Power (Mark Blacksell)

5. The Changing Framework of German Politics since Unification (Charles Jeffery)

6. The German Economy: Decline or Stability? (Karl Koch)

7. Education in the New Germany (Edward Neather)

8. Women in Germany from Division to Unification (Ingrid Sharp and Dagmar Flinspach)

Part III: The Cultural and Artistic Challenges

9. The German Media (John Sandford)

10. Writers in Transition: The End Of East German Literature? (James Mellis)

11. German Literature after Unification (Jochen Rohlfs)

12. The German Theatre (Michael Patterson)

13. German Film after the Wende (Helen Hughes and Martin Brady)

14. The German Language: From Revolt to Division (Derek Lewis)

Chronology of Events

Editorial Reviews

Much of the detail, statistics and up-to-date material will appeal to academics; it is, however, a useful standard text that could be recommended to students on a range of German and European studies courses requiring Landeskunde on the current situation in the new Germany. The layout and extensive nature of the coverage mean that this well-written book will be valuable for both lecturers and students from a number of disciplines. The editors are to be congratulated on the way in which they have successfully brought together so many contributions from different authors and different areas of expertise.” –German Studies

German Studies

"Much of the detail, statistics and up-to-date material will appeal to academics; it is, however, a useful standard text that could be recommended to students on a range of German and European studies courses requiring Landeskunde on the current situation in the new Germany. The layout and extensive nature of the coverage mean that this well-written book will be valuable for both lecturers and students from a number of disciplines. The editors are to be congratulated on the way in which they have successfully brought together so many contributions from different authors and different areas of expertise." German Studies "Aimed at both general readers and students of German, this valuable work with contributions from respected scholars in the field of German studies provides useful background information on contemporary Germany, its institutions and culture with the main focus on 'the experiences of Germans in the new federal states'." Political Studies, Vol. 45, No. 2, June 1997

From the Publisher

“Aimed at both general readers and students of German, this valuable work with contributions from respected scholars in the field of German studies provides useful background information on contemporary Germany, its institutions and culture with the main focus on 'the experiences of Germans in the new federal states'.” –Political Studies, Vol. 45, No. 2, June 1997

Political Studies