GRMN 6687
Contemporary Germany
Welcome to Normality? - On Identity, Political Culture, and Society in Contemporary Germany
After decades of reeling from the aftermath of World War II and the country’s division in East and West, Germany has once more risen to the status of the leading nation in Europe and that of an important player on the international stage. How could this ascent happen? What preconditions, both political/ constitutional and social, have contributed to this development? And what is Germany’s new role in Europe and in an increasingly complex international context? Drawing on political and constitutional theory, historiography, social studies, and a close investigation of Germany’s representation in the media, the course will help students answer these and related questions and come to a more complex understanding of the „new Germany“ in the 21st century.
Required texts(:
Rudzio, Wolfgang 2015: Das politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Wiesbaden.
*Course reader/ online materials
After decades of reeling from the aftermath of World War II and the country’s division in East and West, Germany has once more risen to the status of the leading nation in Europe and that of an important player on the international stage. How could this ascent happen? What preconditions, both political/ constitutional and social, have contributed to this development? And what is Germany’s new role in Europe and in an increasingly complex international context? Drawing on political and constitutional theory, historiography, social studies, and a close investigation of Germany’s representation in the media, the course will help students answer these and related questions and come to a more complex understanding of the „new Germany“ in the 21st century.
Required texts(:
Rudzio, Wolfgang 2015: Das politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Wiesbaden.
*Course reader/ online materials
- Subject:
- German
- Department:
- German
- Division:
- Language School
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Area Studies