Nuclear Protest and the Expression of German Political Identity in the 1980s
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu13101314222021-08-03T05:29:51Z Nuclear Protest and the Expression of German Political Identity in the 1980s Fritjofson, Kenneth H. Political Science nuclear protest Germany missile cold war This thesis will explain the evolution of German political identity from the middle of the twentieth century to the present. It evaluates four different explanations for changes in this identity. Chapter one describes German political identity from the country's inception as a democracy in 1949 as well as German political identity today. From there, the chapter outlines three explanations for changes in political identity: the rise in German power, based on the theory of realism; Germany's central role in the European Union; and generational value changes, based on Inglehart's theory of post-materialism. These three explanations for Germany's political identity account for parts but not all of Germany's contemporary identity today. The missing element, anti-authoritarianism, can be understood by examining the German Peace Movement of the 1980s. The second chapter provides a much richer explanation of changing political values in Germany by examining the history of this movement and the ideas that influenced its leading figures. This chapter outlines the rise of the “68er generation” of activists and the intellectual roots of the movement found in the ideas of leading Marxist scholars. It then examines the rise of the 1980s protests and the ideas of the Greens, explaining how their ideas challenged the existing political identity as well as German policies. Finally, the chapter concludes by arguing that the success of the Green protests and their institutionalization as a political party have changed German political identity today, as seen by the adoption of these ideas by other political parties and in German foreign policies. 2011-10-21 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1310131422 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1310131422 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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