Explores the paths of development unfolding from the inter-dependent histories of postwar Germany and the European integration process. The contributors explore these histories within the idea of 'semi-sovereignty': a set of constraints on the German state's power within the external constraints of Germany's multilateral commitments.
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Democracy and Diplomacy, Germany and Europe; S. Bulmer, C. Jeffery and S. Padgett DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE IN GERMANY The Chancellor and Her Party; Clay Clemens Social Democratic Modernization; Germany and Spain Compared; S. Padgett and R. Gillespie Landmark Elections in Germany; T. Poguntke and G. Smith The Policy of the Middle Way: Germany since 1990; M. G. Schmidt Between Semi-sovereignty and Post-modernism? Economic Governance in Germany; S. Green Government and Industry Relations W. Grant EUROPEAN CONTEXTS Does Congruence Matter? Germany and Britain in the European Union; S. Bulmer and C. Jeffery Germany's Role in European and International Security: Aims versus Action; E. Kirchner European Leadership in Transition: Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy; W. M. Chandler Gulliver's Travail: Crafting a New Transatlantic Bargain; J. Sperling The Stille Allianz Revisited; A. Miskimmon and J. Roper Europe as a Global Civilian` Power?; H. Maull
