A Study on German Unification Proposal in Ethics Textbook - Referred to the Content of School Unification Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-102
Author(s):  
Eun-seon Jeong ◽  
Gu-Sup Kang
Keyword(s):  
German Unification

Germany after Unification: Normal at Last?

1997 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. James Mcadams
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
A Priori ◽  
German Unification ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
German Identity ◽  
Worthy Goal ◽  
Nazi Past

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the concept of “normalcy” has occupied a prominent place in the pronouncements of Germany's most powerful politicians and policy makers. In addition, it has also suffused much of the emerging literature on the domestic and international implications of German unification. Some observers argue that unification embodies the call to normalcy, offering Germany's leaders the opportunity to put their nation's past behind them. Others treat the events of 1989–90 as part of an ongoing challenge to German identity. Finally, a third group of scholars regards the invocation of German unity as an excuse for papering over the crimes of the Nazi past. Although there is no a priori basis for considering any one of these approaches the most appropriate for assessing contemporary German affairs, this does not mean one's choice of terms is totally arbitrary. If German normalcy is to mean anything analytically, it must minimally represent an attainable and worthy goal to which the leaders of the Federal Republic can aspire in their efforts to make Germany more like other European states.

The Social Construction of an Imperative: Why Welfare Reform Happened in Denmark and the Netherlands but Not in Germany

2001 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Henry Cox
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Welfare Reform ◽  
German Unification ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
Slow Start ◽  
The Social ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Institutional Differences ◽  
Governing Institutions

This article seeks to explain why Denmark and the Netherlands made dramatic progress reforming their welfare systems in the 1990s and why Germany had a relatively slow start. Some possible explanations found to be incomplete are institutional differences in welfare programs, the uniqueness of circumstances (for example, German unification), and the balance of political power in governing institutions. An important part of the puzzle is an increasing perception of the need to reform that was more widespread in Denmark and the Netherlands. The social construction of an imperative to reform in these countries generated a political consensus that was elusive in Germany but that may be developing under Gerhard Schroder's government.

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