ABSTRACT

The Routledge Handbook of German Politics and Culture offers a wide-ranging and authoritative account of Germany in the 21st century. It gathers the expertise of internationally leading scholars of German culture, politics, and society to explore and explain

  • historical pathways to contemporary Germany
  • the current ‘Berlin Republic’
  • society and diversity
  • Germany and Europe
  • Germany and the world.

This is an essential resource for students, researchers, and all those looking to understand contemporary German politics and culture.

part 1|84 pages

Pathways to contemporary Germany

chapter 2|14 pages

Humanität, Bildung, Kultur

Germany's civilising values

chapter 3|14 pages

Legacies of a significant past

Regimes, experiences, and identities

chapter 4|23 pages

World War II in German cultural memory

Dresden as lieu de mémoire

chapter 5|14 pages

Modell Deutschland

From the Bonn to the Berlin Republic

part 2|93 pages

The Berlin Republic

part 3|104 pages

Society and diversity

part 4|106 pages

Germany and Europe

chapter 18|16 pages

Germany and Europe

Negotiating identity in a multicultural present

chapter 23|16 pages

Climate protection policy

Ecological modernisation, industrial competitiveness, and Europeanisation

part 5|83 pages

Germany and the world

chapter 25|16 pages

Foreign policy

From ‘civilian power’ to ‘trading state’?

chapter 27|16 pages

Sport politics

chapter 28|15 pages

Cultural outreach

Overcoming the past?