Germany as a civilian power ? : the foreign policy of the Berlin Republic
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Germany as a civilian power ? : the foreign policy of the Berlin Republic
（Issues in German politics）
Manchester University Press, c2001
- : hard
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [157]-175
Includes index
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: hard ISBN 9780719060410
Description
The depiction of Germany as a "civilian power", committed to non-military means, has deeply influenced analysis of German foreign policy since the last world war. The term "civilian power" evokes the singularity of the pre-unification West German state which defined its foreign policy in reaction to the violent excesses of the Nazi era, and which has subsequently been bound into systems of collective defence and multilateral cooperation as a member of NATO and the United Nations, in which the use of force was a sanction of the very last resort, and then only under certain defensive conditions. This collection addresses a number of extremely important themes - is Germany still a "civilian power"? To what extent is the use of military power conceivable? Is the use of such power restricted to humanitarian intervention under the auspices of the UN? Is Germany restricted to participation on collective action in a multilateral institutional framework? Or is she becoming more "normal" in her attitude towards military power?
The title probes German foreign policy during the 1990s in a number of different fields, ranging from policies towards nuclear weapons and the use of force to European integration, from human rights policies to German participation in NATO's war in Kosovo. The findings throw light both on Germany's foreign policies during the 1990s, and on theories of international relations.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction - Sebastian Harnisch & Hanns W. Maull
- 2. How civilian? - Henning Tewes
- 3. Germany at Maastricht - Ulf Frenkler
- 4. Civilian power and war - Nina Philippi
- 5. Nuclear non-proliferation - Oliver Meier
- 6. Conclusion - Sebastian Harnisch & Hanns W. Maull
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: pbk ISBN 9780719060427
Description
Drawing upon a multi-disciplinary methodology employing diverse written sources, material practices and vivid life histories, Faith in the family seeks to assess the impact of the Second Vatican Council on the ordinary believer, alongside contemporaneous shifts in British society relating to social mobility, the sixties, sexual morality and secularisation. Chapters examine the changes in the Roman Catholic liturgy and Christology; devotion to Mary, the rosary and the place of women in the family and church, as well as the enduring (but shifting) popularity of Saints Bernadette and Therese.
Appealing to students of modern British gender and cultural history, as well as a general readership interested in religious life in Britain in the second half of the twentieth century, Faith in the family illustrates that despite unmistakable differences in their cultural accoutrements and interpretations of Catholicism, English Catholics continued to identify with and practise the 'Faith of Our Fathers' before and after Vatican II. -- .
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction - Sebastian Harnisch & Hanns W. Maull
- 2. How civilian? - Henning Tewes
- 3. Germany at Maastricht - Ulf Frenkler
- 4. Civilian power and war - Nina Philippi
- 5. Nuclear non-proliferation - Oliver Meier
- 6. Conclusion - Sebastian Harnisch & Hanns W. Maull
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