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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348239503321

Autore

Cordell Karl <1956->

Titolo

Germany's foreign policy towards Poland and the Czech Republic : Ostpolitik revisited / / Karl Cordell and Stefan Wolff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-20136-2

1-280-17751-9

0-203-48919-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 183 pages)

Collana

Routledge advances in European politics ; ; 28

Altri autori (Persone)

WolffStefan <1969->

Disciplina

327.4304371

Soggetti

Germany Foreign relations Poland

Germany Foreign relations Czech Republic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The German question and German foreign policy : a conceptual introduction -- A usable past? : German-Czech and German-Polish relations before the Second World War -- An unsurmountable legacy? : invasion, occupation, expulsion and the Cold War -- German-Czech and German-Polish relations since the end of the Cold War : an overview -- Foreign policy and its domestic consumption : the German political parties and Ostpolitik -- Domestic constituencies and foreign audiences : the Landsmannschaften and their impact on German-Polish and German-Czech relations -- The role of the minority populations -- Ostpolitik : continuity and change -- Toward a common future?

Sommario/riassunto

This is a new exploration of how the events of the twentieth century still cast a shadow over relations between Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.Using social constructivism theory, it provides a comparative assessment of Germany's post-reunification relations with the Czech Republic and Poland within the framework of the contemporary alliance structure. Identifying the key actors and factors, Cordell and Wolff examine the long-standing continuity in the norms and values that underpin German foreign policy and explore the issues of borders, territory, identities, minorities and po