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Identifier	Thesis 1653
Author	Lawson, Marcus G
Title	The first ten years of German reunification : success, failure or political stagnation / Marcus G. Lawson
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2001
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	This thesis argues that the reunification of Germany was well overdue because the German nation arrived at a point in its development where certain truths about its past no longer applied. The "truth" about Germany and its past cannot be considered valid in the context of its present state of affairs because Germany is matured to a level of modernity in the responsible use of its sovereignty, where former misdeeds in past wars and conflicts are irrelevant as they relate to how mature, modem nation states behave today. These "truths" concern questions of German aggression, a single German identity, the ability of economic success to suppress German nationalism, the apparent non-existence of German policy towards immigration, and globalization as a catalyst for reunification and for integration in Europe. The thesis examines these outmoded "truths" by analysis of Germany's history The first unification of Germany occurred through the charisma and dominant character of Otto Von Bismarck, and was a unification born out of war. It was a unification born of war that defined German aggression in this period, as well as in subsequent periods of nationalist aggression in the First and Second World War. The unfortunate aftermath of these wars was seen in the development of a distinct, single German identity that encouraged nationalist and aggressive tendencies, and sustained fear in Germany's victims up until the present era. It is this German aggression that resulted in the allied separation of Germany, and the development of East and West German cultures The Marshall Plan was the instrument used to introduce and inject economic development into the crippled post-war West German economy. However, its premise was the joining of German institutions alongside European supranational institutions in the hopes of diluting German nationalism's strength. This is the beginning of the German adoption of the American federalist model of government, and the rewriting of immigration policy and other social, constitutional measures and laws. West Germans and East Germans are at present continually struggling with the legacy of the past fifty years and post-reunification's slow progress, which calls into question the nature of the catalyst for reunification's occurrence. The assurance of Germany's economic stability tied to a united Europe has produced for German business a global presence where the effects of globalization allow continued success and growth to be a part of integration. However, it is neither reunification that produced integration in Europe nor European integration that resulted in reunification. It is rather the necessity of both existing together, which brought about the need for both Germany and Europe as separate parts to add to the whole of integration in Europe. Germany does not lack the ability to reinvent itself, an examination of German history, reveals constitutional, political and social evolution in Germany, which is disproving some outmoded "truths." This thesis portrays a more balanced picture of a maturing nation.
Subject	Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990
Department	Department of International and Area Studies
Advisor	Rickard, Timothy J.
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	50657217
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