Tangled Transformations presents a historical analysis of the interplay between German unification and European integration from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. Building on freshly released documents, the book's sixteen chapters explore constellations in which the two processes accelerated and informed one another.
The book highlights the role of Germany's neighbours to the east, with chapters discussing the cotransformation between East and West as well as chapters dedicated to Poland, Romania, and Hungary. It sheds new light on the two interrelated processes by examining the role of Germany's most important Western neighbours and partners: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. The book pays particular attention to the role of the European Commission as well as to monetary and industrial policy. It also moves beyond the economic sphere by discussing foreign and security policy issues, justice and home affairs, German debates about European integration at the time, and the significance of the German federal states. Ultimately, Tangled Transformations demonstrates the strong interlinkages between German unification and European integration.
Edited by:
Kiran Klaus Patel
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 159mm,
Spine: 37mm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9781487556846
ISBN 10: 1487556845
Series: German and European Studies
Pages: 414
Publication Date: 14 February 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Kiran Klaus Patel Part I. The Intersection between European Integration and Unification I: Germany as Part of East Central Europe Co-transformation since 1990: A German Path and Perspective, with European Ramifications Philipp Ther Old Walls Crumble, New Borders Appear: Polish Perspectives on German Unification and European Integration Florian Peters Return to the Periphery of Central Europe: Hungary’s “Long Refolution,” German Unification, and European Integration Ferenc Laczó The Reluctant Neighbour: Romania’s Position on the German Question and the Deepening of Western Integration Elena Dragomir Part II. The Intersection between European Integration and Unification II: Germany as Part of “the West” “Europe Whole and Free”: The United States, European Integration, and the Failure of “New Atlanticism” Philipp Gassert The German Question and the British Inability to Give a European Answer Mathias Haeussler “Two Sides of the Same Coin”: France’s European Response to the Challenge of German Unification, 1989–90 Hélène Miard-Delacroix German Unification and European Integration: Deconstructing the Italian Trade-Off Narrative Gabriele D’Ottavio Part III. The EC and German Unification: Economic and Monetary Integration “Un phénomène globalement positif”: The European Commission, German Unification, and the Future of Europe, 1989–90 Victor Jaeschke Germany, German Unity, and the European Monetary Experiment Harold James A Question of Timing: The Strasbourg EC Summit and the Acceleration of the Maastricht Process Andreas Wirsching Shaping Markets in Eastern Germany (and Western Europe): Multinational Dimensions of State Aid to Steel Keith R. Allen Part IV. Integration beyond Economics and Its Intersection with German Unification A Crucial Step towards Europeanization? German Unification and the Creation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy in the 1990s Gabriele Clemens Police Cooperation for an Ever Closer Union: The Impact of Long-Term Factors and the Momentum of 1989–90 in the Europol Foundation Process Eva Oberloskamp Stability, Reliability, Identity: Parliamentary Debates on European Unification in East, West, and Unified Germany, 1990–2 Dominik Geppert German Unification, the Laender, and the Europeanization of the Political System of Federal Germany Guido Thiemeyer List of Contributors Index
Kiran Klaus Patel is the chair of modern history at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Reviews for Tangled Transformations: Unifying Germany and Integrating Europe, 1985-1995
""This highly worthwhile return to the events of 1989/90 draws extensively upon both new archival releases and new historiographical perspectives to question much of what we thought we knew about the interconnections between the end of the Cold War in Europe and the simultaneous acceleration of the integration process. The outcome is both stimulating and provocative.""--N. Piers Ludlow, Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science ""This rich edited collection of essay challenges accepted understandings of German unification and European integration by analyzing the complex entanglements, conflicts, and cotransformations that impacted countries across Europe as well as the European community during the tumultuous events of 1989--91 and beyond. It is a model of transnational history that builds on recently opened archives and asks important new questions.""--Mary Nolan, Professor Emerita of History, New York University ""This volume is a multifaceted study of the relationship between German unification and European integration in 1989/90 which explores the reactions of Germany's Eastern and Western neighbours to the reconstitution of a German national state and explores the coterminous intensification of the economic dimension of the integration of Europe.""--Konrad H. Jarausch, Lurcy Professor of European Civilization, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
