Table of Contents

Introduction
Carl Lankowski

Chapter 1. Calvinism and Democracy: The Case of the Dutch Republic (1555-1787)
Philip S. Gorski

Chapter 2. Liberalization and Democratization in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Germany in Comparative Perspective
Thomas Ertman

Chapter 3. Germany on the Global Stage: The U.S.-German Relationship After Unification
Karen Donfried

Chapter 4. The Politics of Adapting Organized Capitalism: United Germany, The New Europe, and Globalization
Christopher S. Allen

Chapter 5. The "Storm Before the Calm": Labor Markets, Unemployment, and Standort Deutschland
Michael G. Huelshoff

Chapter 6. The Bundesrat, Interest Groups, and Gridlock: German Federalism at the End of the Twentieth Century
Stephen J. Silvia

Chapter 7. Fahrvergnügen on the Datenbahn: Germany Confronts the Information Age
Beth Simone Noveck

Chapter 8. Engineered Like No Other: German Society and the Automobile
Carolyn Höfig

Chapter 9. Globalization, Gender, and the German Welfare State: The Maldistributive Consequences of Retrenchment
Patricia Davis and Simon Reich

Chapter 10. Grace? Under Pressure? The Goldhagen Controversy After Two Years
Jeremiah M. Riemer

List of Contributors

About the Author

Carl Lankowski is Coordinator of European Area Studies at the Foreign Services Institute, Arlington, Virginia.

Reviews

"... addresses a wide array of issues that are central to the study of German history and contemporary politics and society, and it does so in a way that is conceptually interesting, innovative, and provocative."  · German Politics and Society "The book is rich and merits attention from people working in the area."  · Economic and Industrial Democracy