Safeguarding German-American Relations in the New Century

Understanding and Accepting Mutual Differences

AvHermann Kurthen,Antonio V. Menéndez-Alarcón

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Beskrivning

American-German relations are in transition. A number of explanations have been given for this fact: some focusing on the personalities of politicians, some on political and attitudinal disparities, still others pointing to disagreements about foreign policy objectives since the end of the Cold War and 9/11. This volume, written by American and German scholarly experts, while not denying the relevance and validity of such explanations of the transatlantic estrangement, address the extent, resilience, and the causes of misconceptions, misunderstandings, and confrontations in the transatlantic relationship as well as highlighting commonalities and enduring ties between the U.S. and Germany. The chapters analyze domestic and foreign policies, political cultures, and compare trends in business relations, migration, culture, education, journalism, law, and religion. The authors contend that differences in political cultures, societal priorities, and national interests are inevitable, perhaps even desirable and not necessarily an obstacle to a continuous and mutually beneficial exchange or even the development of a special relationship. But first of all they need to be acknowledged, then understood, and finally dealt with in an atmosphere of mutual trust recognizing common ground. The book ends with suggestions about how to deal with different interpretations and perceptions in order to reclaim a strategic partnership for progressive changes in an increasingly multipolar world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2006-11-06
Mått:161 x 238 x 27 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:292
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780739115992

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Internationella relationer inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Hermann Kurthen is associate professor of sociology at Grand Valley State University. His publications in English include:Immigration, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Germany and the United States (JAI, 1998).Antonio V. Menéndez-Alarcón is associate professor of sociology at Butler University. He is the author ofThe Cultural Realm of European Integration (Greenwood, 2004) andPower and Television in Latin America (Westport, 1992).Stefan Immerfall is professor of sociology at Schwäbisch Gmünd University. His publications in English include:The New Politics of the Right (St. Martin's, 1998) andTerritoriality in the Globalizing Society (Springer, 1998).

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This book has a number of merits that should make it interesting and useful across disciplines.

Innehållsförteckning

1 Section 1: Transatlantic Relations2 Introduction: New Challenges for Transatlantic Estrangement2 The Bush Administration's Faith-Based Foreign Policy – A Matter of Transatlantic Estrangement4 Beneath the Iceberg – Liberalism at CrossroadsExamining a Few Issues in the Current Ridt in German-American RelationsChapter 4 Drifting Apart: Cultural Dimensions of the Transatlantic Estrangement6 Germans from Venus? The Out-of-Area Problems in US-German Relations7 Transatlantic Economy:When the Political Goings Get Tough, the Tough Get Going7 The Hunt for a Competitive Advantage: How PISA has Shaped Discussions over Educational Policy Reform in the US and German8 Transatlantic Discourse? Reflections on Comparing Immigration and Immigrant Integration in the United States and Germany9 Bonds that Hold: Germany and America in an Age of Turbulence9 The New York Times and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Two Perspectives on the War in Iraq10 Section 2: Transatlantic Comparisons10 Wars Apart: The Second World War Memory Cultures of Germany and the United States11 Celsius 9/11: Michael Moore's German Reception and the (Contemporary) Image of America12 Ascetic Protestantism and American Uniqueness: The Political Cultures of Germany and the United States Compared16 Conclusion: Transatlantic Relations–Probable Futures, and Desirable Outcomes