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John S. Duffield - World Power Forsaken: Political Culture, International Institutions, and German Security Policy After Unification - 9780804733656 - V9780804733656
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World Power Forsaken: Political Culture, International Institutions, and German Security Policy After Unification

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Description for World Power Forsaken: Political Culture, International Institutions, and German Security Policy After Unification Hardback. Drawing on interviews and other primary source materials, this comprehensive study examines in detail each of the central issues of Germany's security policy since 1990. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 745.

What does German unification imply for international politics? Many commentators have speculated about how a united Germany will use its new found power and influence on the world stage, and for good reason. Because of its size, central location, and strong economy, Germany will inevitably exert considerable influence over developments in Europe, if not beyond.

Drawing on interviews and other primary source materials, this comprehensive study examines in detail each of the central issues of Germany’s security policy since 1990: its promotion of political and economic reform in the former Soviet bloc, its efforts to maintain and strengthen European security ... Read more

In order to make sense of this record, the book presents a general framework of analysis that promises to be useful for explaining the security policies of a variety of states. It then shows how a variety of influences both in Germany’s external environment and within Germany itself have importantly shaped German security policy since unification. In sharp contrast to the realist approaches that have dominated security studies, the book highlights the roles played by international institutions and Germany’s distinct postwar political culture in molding German state behavior. In a final chapter, the author discusses the likely future course of German security policy and the implications of his analysis for the theoretical study of national security policy.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804733656
SKU
V9780804733656
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Ref
99-50

About John S. Duffield
John S. Duffield is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University. He has published two previous books with Stanford University Press: Power Rules: The Evolution of NATO's Conventional Force Posture (1995) and World Power Forsaken: Political Culture, International Institutions, and German Security Policy After Unification(1998).

Reviews for World Power Forsaken: Political Culture, International Institutions, and German Security Policy After Unification
The work by John Duffield is an excellent, theoretically founded analysis ofpost-unification German foreign policy.' NOD and Conversion

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