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Many thought that the 'German question', that had shaped European history so catastrophically in the last century, had been solved for good in 1990. And the last elections seemed to confirm that Germany was on the road to 'normalcy'. However, at the beginning of the new century, many see Germany as a problem case in Europe. This raises the question about the future of Germany and the performance of the incumbent government. The book addresses these issues by examining the policies and politics of the Red-Green government and by putting recent changes and developments in this country in a long-term perspective.

In the mid nineteenth century a process began that appears, from a present-day perspective, to have been the first wave of economic globalization. Within a few decades global economic integration reached a level that equaled, and in some respects surpassed, that of the present day. This book describes the interpenetration of the German economy with an emerging global economy before the First World War, while also demonstrating the huge challenge posed by globalization to the society and politics of the German Empire. The stakes for both the winners and losers of the intensifying world market

John Breuilly brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to examine Germany's history from 1780 to 1918, featuring chapters on economic, demographic and social as well as cultural and intellectual history. There are also chapters on political and military history covering the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, the post-Napoleonic period, the revolutions of 1848-1849, the unification of Germany, Bismarckian Germany and Wilhelmine Germany, and Germany during the First World War.0This new edition, which retains the helpful further reading suggestions for each chapter and a chronology, has been completely updated to take account of recent historiography. The statistical data has been expanded, more maps and images have been introduced, and there are two new chapters on transnational approaches and gender history. Finally, the editor has added a conclusion which reflects on the key developments in the history of Germany over the "long nineteenth century".0Providing clear surveys of the central events and developments and addressing major debates amongst historians, Nineteenth-Century Germany is vital reading for all those wishing to understand this crucial period in modern German history

Intro -- Foreword By Philip G. Zimbardo -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I. Power, Ideology, And Political Crime -- 1. Towards A New Conceptualization Of Power -- 2. The Historical Setting Of The National Socialist Rise To Power And Its Sociological Implications -- Part Ii. Sociological Factors In The Development Of The Ns Party Bureaucracy -- Part Iii. The Ss - An Example Of A Totalitarian Bureaucratic Institution -- 1. Origin And Early History Of The Ss -- 2. Himmler'S Rise To Power -- 3. The Emergence Of The Ss As An Independent System Of Power And The Role Of Its Sub-Systems -- 4. Promulgation And Application Of Racial Doctrines In The Ss -- 5. Racial Criteria For Selection Of Personnel Into The Ss -- 6. Ideological Criteria For Selection, Indoctrination, And Training -- 7. 'Lebensborn' - Example Of An Ns Social Institution -- 8. Jewish And Non-German Descent In The Ss -- 9. The Conception Of Morality And Honor In The 'Schutzstaffel' -- 10. Consequences Of Hitler'S Influence On Ns Ideology And The Ss -- 11. The Perception Of God In The Ss -- 12. Discussion And Conclusion -- Part Iv. Totalitarian Institutions And German Bureaucracy: A Process Of Escalation Into Destruction -- 1. Discussion -- 2. Conclusion -- Part V. Sociological Implications Of Deviance And Accountability In Ns Political And Bureaucratic Institutions -- 1. The Sociological Vision Of Walther Rathenau'S Concept Of Social Change -- 2. National Socialist Aggression And Psychoanalytic Theory -- Notes And References -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.

Land, people, society -- A turbulent history is prologue to the present -- Germany divided and unified -- Political and popular culture -- Constitutional principles and political institutions -- Political parties in a democratic polity -- Election outcomes and voting trends -- Organized interest groups and social movements -- Socioeconomic policies and performance -- Germany in Europe and the world -- Germany in the twenty-first century

In the thirties Jung was at the height of his powers and found himself swept up in the international politics of his day. At this time he was president of what was to become the International General Medical Society for Psychotherapy. As a consequence of Hitler's rise, Jung and his ideas were placed in the centre of a whirlwind of theoretical and political controversy. These chaotic times led him to comment widely on political events and saw his most extensive attempt to explain these events in terms of his theories of the collective and his use of the archetype of Wotan to explain Nazi Germany. This work is part of the ongoing reappraisal of the intellectual fabric of Jung's theory and the perspective he sought to establish, and seeks to re-examine the period, to unravel some of the confusion by setting out the historical background of Jung's ideas, and provide a fresh debate on Jung and his collective theory.