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Learning Democracy

Democratic and Economic Values in Unified Germany

Author: Robert Rohrschneider   Series: Comparative Politics

Learning Democracy
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Robert Rohrschneider won the Stein Rokkan Prize for best book in comparative politics by a young scholar awarded by the International Social Science Committee of UNESCO.

Germany's unification initially raised fears about an all-powerful and undemocratic Germany at the heart of Europe. Based on hundreds of in-depth interviews, the book examines the democratic views of parliamentarians in Germany and compares them to the views of ordinary citizens.

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Robert Rohrschneider won the Stein Rokkan Prize for best book in comparative politics by a young scholar awarded by the International Social Science Committee of UNESCO.

Germany's unification initially raised fears about an all-powerful and undemocratic Germany at the heart of Europe. Based on hundreds of in-depth interviews, the book examines the democratic views of parliamentarians in Germany and compares them to the views of ordinary citizens.

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The fall of the Berlin wall raised many questions about Germany and post-socialist countries. Given East Germany's authoritarian history, how democratic are its citizens now? What kind of democracy do they want a liberal or socialist democracy? What economic system do they prefer? How have they reacted to democratic and market systems since 1989? The book shows how individual institutional learning may be offset by the diffusion ofdemocratic values. The author uses public opinion surveys to compare attitudes of MPs and the general public, and in-depth interviews with parliamentarians in east, and west Berlin to show the persistence ofsocialist views in the east as well as lower levels of political tolerance. Moreover, the book argues, these values have changed fairly littlesince unification. The author presents evidence and develops implications for other post-socialist nations, arguing that while post-socialist citizens do not yearn for the old socialist order, their socialist values frequently lower enthusiasm for new democratic and market institutions. The implications being that ideologicalvalues are primarily shaped by individual exposure to institutions and that democratic and market values are diffused only in specific conditions. More than just an analysis of German political culture,the book offers conpelling conclusions about the future of democracy in all post-socialist states. Robert Rohrschneider won the Stein Rokkan Prize for best book in comparative politics by a young scholar awarded by the International Social Science Committee of UNESCO.

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Awards

Winner of Names as Outstanding Academic Book by Choice.

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Critic Reviews

“"This convincing study of German political values demonstrates the enduring influence of institutional setting....Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers, and faculty."-Choice "The Strain of Representationmakes a major contribution to the important and rapidly growing field: democratic representation. Using new studies of political parties in East and West Europe, the book identifies the political alignments in contemporary party systems, the policy attitudes of citizens, mechanisms of electoral competition for parties, and ultimately the complex relationship between parties and their voters. In a world of growing political complexity, this book provides an insightful demonstration of how the model of party government still functions effectively in European democracies."-Russell J. Dalton, University of California, Irvine”

convincing study of political values.'W.R.SmithA model of exhaustive research and careful hypothesis testing that also explores potential mass-elite and generational differences, this book is the most thorough and disturbing study to date of reunified Germany.'W.R.Smith`Recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers, and faculty.'W.R.Smith

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About the Author

Robert Rohrschneider is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Indiana University.

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The fall of the Berlin wall raised many questions about Germany and post-socialist countries. Given East Germany's authoritarian history, how democratic are its citizens now? What kind of democracy do they want a liberal or socialist democracy? What economic system do they prefer? How have they reacted to democratic and market systems since 1989? The book shows how individual institutional learning may be offset by the diffusion of democratic values. The author uses public opinion surveys to compare attitudes of MPs and the general public, and in-depth interviews with parliamentarians in east, and west Berlin to show the persistence of socialist views in the east as well as lower levels of political tolerance. Moreover, the book argues, these values have changed fairly littlesince unification. The author presents evidence and develops implications for other post-socialist nations, arguing that while post-socialist citizens do not yearn for the old socialist order, their socialist values frequently lower enthusiasm for new democratic and market institutions. The implications being that ideological values are primarily shaped by individual exposure to institutions and that democratic and market values are diffused only in specific conditions. More than just an analysis of German political culture, the book offers conpelling conclusions about the future of democracy in all post-socialist states. Robert Rohrschneider won the Stein Rokkan Prize for best book in comparative politics by a young scholar awarded by the International Social Science Committee of UNESCO.

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Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
13th May 1999
Pages
326
ISBN
9780198295174

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