Analysing German unification: State, nation and the quest for political community Chapter

abstract

• After unification, the nature of German politics can be characterised by the continuous incongruence between German state and German nation from Rokkan's theoretical perspective. We suggest that this incongruent nature of the united German politics might have been resulted from the pathdependency of the mode and timing in the process of German unification itself. That is, in the process of the unification, the lack of 'constitutional agreement' between the West and the East Germany has influenced the persistent problem of 'political community' in the context of the united Germany. 2003 Frank Cass & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Robertson, John

author list (cited authors)

• Kim, M. K., & Robertson, J. D.

citation count

• 0

Book Title

• The Berlin Republic: German Unification and A Decade of Changes

publication date

• January 2003

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.4324/9780203008980

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 0203008987

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9780203008980

start page

• 3

end page

• 18