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German Domestic and Foreign Policy

Political Issues Under Debate - Vol. 2

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Egbert Jahn

    1. Frankfurt/Main, Germany

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  • Analyses current, internationally relevant German domestic and foreign policy debates

  • Discusses the historical background of each issue and the logic behind the different positions in a dispute

  • Covers a number of political issues in Germany, such as fears about, freedom of expression and involvement in armed conflicts

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Political Issues Under Debate. On the Meaning and Purpose of a Series of Political Science Lectures on Contemporary History

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Offences and Repudiation of Thilo Sarrazin. Are There Limits to Freedom of Political Opinion in Germany?

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 17-42

  4. The Dispute Over the Veil. The Conflict Between Laicism (The Separation of State and Religion) and Religious Tolerance

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 43-58

  5. The Globalisation of the Danish Cartoon Dispute

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 59-73

  6. “Multiculturalism” or German “Lead Culture” as Maxims for the “Integration” of Foreigners

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 75-90

  7. Integration or Assimilation of Ethnic Minorities. On the Future of Danish, Sorbian, Italian, Turkish and Other Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 91-105

  8. The Advantages and Risks of Multiple Citizenship

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 107-122

  9. Denglish Instead of German? The Changing Use of Language in Germany

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 123-139

  10. From the Constitutional Treaty to the Lisbon Treaty: Is the European Union on the Way to Becoming a Federal State?

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 141-156

  11. Once Again: Was Germany Defeated or Liberated on the 8th of May 1945?

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 157-172

  12. From the West European Commemoration of Auschwitz to a Pan-European Commemoration of Auschwitz and the GULag Archipelago: An Inevitable Consequence of the Eastward Extension of the EU for Commemoration Policies

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 173-189

  13. Expellers and Expelled. On an Appropriate Form of Commemoration

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 191-207

  14. The “Defence of Germany in the Hindu Kush”. The German Role in Afghanistan

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 209-224

  15. Should Germany Be a Permanent Member of the UN Security Council? On the Efforts to Reform the United Nations

    • Egbert Jahn
    Pages 225-241

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 243-246
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This volume analyses current German domestic and foreign policy debates of international relevance. By reflecting their contemporary historical background and discussing the logic behind the different positions in a dispute, the author considers issues such as whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear headscarves, fears about immigration, the predominance of either a single national culture or multicultural pluralism and the admissibility of multiple citizenship. This book also sheds new light on the debate over the boundaries of freedom of expression, which was triggered by the so-called Danish “Mohammad cartoons.” Aspects of German foreign policy are addressed, including the debate on the ratification of a European constitutional treaty and of the Treaty of Lisbon, German attempts to obtain a permanent seat on the Security Council, as well as the question of whether the deployment of the German army in Afghanistan contributed to the defense of Germany. This book is of interest to students and scholars of political sciences, as well as to journalists and practitioners interested in an analysis of current political debates in Germany.

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  • Frankfurt/Main, Germany

    Egbert Jahn

About the author

Studies in History, Political Science, Geography, and Pedagogics in Marburg/ Lahn, Berlin, Bratislava, 1974-1990 Research Director at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, 1975-1993 Professor of Political Science and Political Sociology at the Goethe University of Frankfurt, 1993-2005 Chair/Professor of Political Science and Contemporary History at the University of Mannheim, Visiting Professor at the Universities of Copenhagen, Irvine, Cal., Vilnius, 1993-2009 Research area and project director at the Mannheim Center for Social Research, since 2009 Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Goethe University of Frankfurt.

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