03549nam 2200709Ia 450 991082116440332120200520144314.01-134-77325-01-134-77326-91-280-31962-30-203-43765-910.4324/9780203437650(CKB)111056485527146(StDuBDS)AH3709728(SSID)ssj0000111172(PQKBManifestationID)11141112(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111172(PQKBWorkID)10074704(PQKB)10937689(Au-PeEL)EBL169786(CaPaEBR)ebr10058210(CaONFJC)MIL31962(OCoLC)51402561(MiAaPQ)EBC169786(PPN)198459513(EXLCZ)9911105648552714619960425d1996 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrBeyond the swastika /Peter O'BrienLondon ;New York Routledge19961 online resource (176p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-415-13851-5 0-415-13852-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-132) and index.chapter 1 GERMANY BETWEEN NATIONALISM AND LIBERALISM -- chapter 2 ESCAPING THE PAST -- chapter 3 LIBERALIZING AUSL�NDERPOLITIK 1969-1982 -- chapter 4 CONSERVATIVE LIBERALISM 1982-1990 -- chapter 5 UNITED GERMANY: BUNDESREPUBLIK OR DEUTSCHLAND?.Since re-unification, fears of resurgent German nationalism have mounted. O'Brien argues that these fears are exaggerated, and documents a longstanding, steadily increasing commitment to the liberal policies of the Basic Law which protects foreigners.Since unification, fears of resurgent German nationalism have mounted. In particular, many believe United Germany is reverting to a xenophobic nationalist stance to deal with the increased pressures of migration unleashed by the raising of the Iron Curtain. O'Brien argues that these fears are exaggerated. He documents in the Federal Republic's policies a longstanding, steadily increasing commitment to the liberal principles of the Basic Law which protect foreigners against hostile German nationalism. The author goes on to criticize the very entrenched liberalism which holds German nationalism in check. He traces among west German political elites the appeal and uses of "technocratic liberalism" - an overzealous protection of Germany's liberal democracy which, paradoxically, prevents minority groups from achieving full rights of political participation. Beyond the Swastika is both unconventional and original. Peter O'Brien resists the widespread alarmist temptation to distort the political influence of German nationalism and instead uncovers sources of inequality in German liberalism which have until now gone unnoticed.NationalismGermanyAliensGermanyLiberalismGermanyRacismGermanyXenophobiaGermanyGermanyEthnic relationsNationalismAliensLiberalismRacismXenophobia305.8/00943O'Brien Peter1960-521052MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821164403321Beyond the swastika4194744UNINA