Zusammenfassung
The incorporation of the German Democratic Republic into the Federal Republic ignited excitement over the prospect of bringing democratic reform and better living conditions to the East but also gave rise to concern over united Germany's ability to do so while maintaining its own economic vitality. This volume examines many of the issues integral to the tremendous challengesin foreign and security policy, politics, economics, technologies, and public policythat Germany confronted even before unification and continues to confront today.

Inhalt
Foreword -- Preface -- Foreign and Security Policy Issues -- A Unified Germany and European Security -- The Politics of Franco-German Arms Collaboration: Between Autonomy and Alliance -- German-American Relations After the Cold War -- Political Issues -- European Integration and the German Länder: Lost Competence or Found Opportunity? -- Momper at Germany's Dawn -- Economic Issues -- German Monetary Union: The Inevitable Experiment -- German Trade and Joint Ventures with the East -- East German Firms in the New Germany -- New Technologies and Public Policy Issues -- Private Broadcasting in the Federal Republic of Germany -- Technology and the Competitive Advantage of Nations: The Case of Biotechnology -- Negotiation and Compromise in German Environmental Politics: Government, Industry, and the Public -- The Future of the German Electronics Industry -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two