Developments in German Politics Book

	List of Maps, Figures and Tables
	Preface
	Notes on the Contributors
	Glossary of Party Abbreviations and Political Terms
	Map of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Lander
	Introduction	1
1	German Unity	9
	Appendix: The Chronology of German Unification	30
Pt. 1	The Political and Governing System
2	The Nature of the Unified State	37
3	Two German Electorates?	52
4	The 'New' Party System	77
5	Government at the Centre	103
6	The Changing Territorial Balance	119
Pt. 2	Germany and the World
7	Gulliver Unbound: The Changing Context of Foreign Policy	137
8	Uncertainties of Security Policy	153
9	The European Community: Seeds of Ambivalence	172
Pt. 3	Economic and Social Policy
10	The New German Economy	187
11	Social Policy: One State, Two-tier Welfare	208
12	Rethinking Environmental Policy	227
Pt. 4	Current Issues
13	German Migration Policies	247
14	Women in the New Germany: The East-West Divide	264
15	Labour Market Problems and Labour Market Policy	281
Pt. 5	Ideology and Identity
16	Political Ideology	303
17	A New German Identity	327
	Appendix: The Legal Context of Unification	349
	Guide to Further Reading	359
	Bibliography	365
	Index	383