Uneasy Allies : British-German Relations and European Integration Since 1945.

Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- CONTENTS -- NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: UNEASY ALLIES OR GENUINE PARTNERS? BRITAIN, GERMANY, AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION -- PART I: THE COLD WAR RELATIONSHIP -- British-West German Relations, 1945-1972 -- GERMANY, 1945-1972 -- BRITAIN, 1945-1972 -- POWER AND PRIORITIES -- DEFINING MOMENTS: 1954-1955 -- DEFINING MOMENTS: 1958-1963 -- OSTPOLITIK AND ENLARGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- British-West German Relations, 1973-1989 -- DIVERGING ATTITUDES TOWARDS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION -- THE PROBLEM OF THE BUDGET -- SINGLE MARKET, SINGLE CURRENCY, AND SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT -- EUROPEAN POLITICAL CO- OPERATION -- CONCLUSION -- Britain and the GDR: Political and Economic Relations, 1949-1989 -- THE POLITICS OF STRICT NON- RECOGNITION (1949-1961) -- THE POLITICS OF RAPPROCHEMENT: THE 1960S -- RECOGNITION -- THE GDR, BRITAIN, AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY -- THE POLITICS OF UNEASINESS: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL RELATIONS, 1973-1990 -- CONCLUSION -- Britain and German Unification, 1989/90 -- BRITAIN AND THE GERMAN QUESTION -- THE IMPENDING END OF THE COLD WAR -- THE COLLAPSE OF THE GDR AND THE FUTURE OF NATO -- THE FAST- TRACK SOLUTION TO UNIFICATION -- MARGARET THATCHER AND THE GERMAN NATIONAL CHARACTER -- THE 'TWO PLUS FOUR' AGREEMENT ON GERMAN UNIFICATION -- PART II -- PART II: THE POST-COLD WAR RELATIONSHIP: POLITICS AND SECURITY SINCE 1990 -- Britain, Germany, and the Deepening of Europe: The Role of Domestic Norms and Institutions -- GERMANY: EUROPEAN CO- OPERATION AS WARM BATH -- THE UK: EUROPEAN CO- OPERATION AS COLD SHOWER -- THE UK AND THE 'SCAPEGOATING' OF GERMANY IN A DEEPENING EUROPE -- THE BLAIR GOVERNMENT: CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT THROUGHT THE 'EUROPEANIZATION' OF DOMESTIC POLITICS? -- The Eastern Enlargement of the European Union -- TO ACCESSION VIA EUROPE AGREEMENTS: BRITAIN AND GERMANY AGREE.

EU POLICIES AND ENLARGEMENT: MUCH AGREEMENT BUT SOME DIFFERENCES -- DEEPENING WITH WIDENING: ON COLLISION COURSE -- FROM 1997: CONVERGENCE AND A HAPPY ENDING? -- The American Dimension: Britain, Germany, and the Reinforcement of US Hegemony in Europe in the 1990s -- THE AMBIVALENCE OF US SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION -- BOSNIA: EUROPEAN STUMBLING AND AN AMERICAN SHOW -- THE UNITED STATES AND THE PROCESS OF NATO EXPANSION -- CONCLUSION -- NATO or WEU? Security Policy since 1990 -- THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATO AND WEU -- MEETING ETHNIC CONFLICTS -- PROMOTING DEMOCRACIES AND STABILIZING MARKETS -- ENLARGEMENT -- IMPLICATIONS FOR ANGLO- GERMAN SECURITY POLICY -- CONCLUSION -- PART III: THE POST-COLD WAR RELATIONSHIP: THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIMENSION SINCE 1990 -- European Union Social Policy: German and British Perspectives on Industrial Citizenship -- INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL CITIZENSHIP -- MODELS OF ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION AND THE PLACE OF INDUSTRIAL CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL RIGHTS -- INDUSTRIAL CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL RIGHTS IN THE EU -- OUTLOOKS IN GERMANY AND THE UK TO INTEGRATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY -- CONCLUSION -- The Creation of the Single Market and Britain's Withdrawal from the EMS -- MEMBER STATES AND THE EUROPEAN 'PROJECT' -- THE CREATION OF THE SINGLE MARKET -- WITHDRAWAL FROM EMS -- AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SINGLE MARKET AND EMS -- THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE SINGLE MARKET -- BRITISH AND GERMAN INFLUENCE IN EUROPE -- Financial Reporting and Accounting Harmonization in Germany and the UK: A Comparative Analysis -- REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING IN THE UK -- REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF ACCOUNTING IN GERMANY -- THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN GERMANY AND THE UK -- THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION -- CONCLUSION -- Negotiating the Intergovernmental Conferences: Maastricht, Amsterdam, and Beyond.

THE MAASTRICHT TREATY NEGOTIATIONS -- THE AMSTERDAM TREATY NEGOTIATIONS AND BEYOND -- CONCLUSION -- Industrial and Commercial Cultures in Britain and Germany: Rivalry or Reconcilability? -- PERFORMANCE OF RIVAL MODELS -- REFORMING CAPITALISM: BRITAIN, GERMANY AND THE NEW ORTHODOXIES -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

This book offers an interesting and challenging insight into the evolution of British-German relations within the context of European integration in the last half of the 20th century. It is one of the first substantial and interdisciplinary attempts to analyse the volatile British-German relationship since World War II. It argues that although British-German relations were difficult throughout the post-World War II period, since the change of government in 1997 in Britain and 1998 in Germany, both countries have developed a much more constructive policy towards each other.

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