German Domestic and Foreign Policy, Volume 2: Political Issues Under Debate

By Egbert Jahn

Book Overview

Preface.- 1 Political Issues Under Debate. On the Meaning and Purpose of a Series of Political Science Lectures on Contemporary History.- 2 The Offences and Repudiation of Thilo Sarrazin. Are there Limits to Freedom of Political Opinion in Germany?.- 3 The Dispute Over the Veil. The Conflict Between Laicism (the Separation of State and Religion) and Religious Tolerance.- 4 The Globalisation of the Danish Cartoon Dispute.- 5 "Multiculturalism" or German Leitkultur as Maxims for the "Integration" of Foreigners.- 6 Integration or Assimilation of Ethnic Minorities. On the Future of Danish, Sorbian, Italian, Turkish and Other Germans in the Federal Republic of Germany.- 7 The Advantages and Risks of Multiple Citizenship.- 8 Denglish Instead of German? The Changing Use of Language in Germany.- 9 From the Constitutional Treaty to the Lisbon Treaty: Is the European Union on the Way to Becoming a Federal State?.- 10 Once Again: Was Germany Defeated or liberated on the 8th of May 1945?.- 11 From the West European Commemoration of Auschwitz to a Pan-European Commemoration of Auschwitz and the GULag Archipelago - and Inevitable Consequence of the Eastward Extension of the EU for Commemoritan Policies.- 12 Expellers and Expelled. On an Appropriate Form of Commemoration.- 13 The "Defense of Germany in the Hindu Kush". The German Role in Afghanistan.- 14 Should Germany be a Permanent Member of the UN Security Council? On the Efforts to Reform the United Nations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662515237
• ISBN13: 9783662515235
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"