Safeguarding German-American Relations in the New Century: Understanding and Accepting Mutual DifferencesHermann Kurthen, Antonio V. Menéndez Alarcón, Stefan Immerfall Lexington Books, 2006 - 277 páginas American-German relations are in transition. A number of explanations have been given for this fact: some focusing on the personalities of politicians, some on political and attitudinal disparities, still others pointing to disagreements about foreign policy objectives since the end of the Cold War and 9/11. This volume, written by American and German scholarly experts, while not denying the relevance and validity of such explanations of the transatlantic estrangement, address the extent, resilience, and the causes of misconceptions, misunderstandings, and confrontations in the transatlantic relationship as well as highlighting commonalities and enduring ties between the U.S. and Germany. The chapters analyze domestic and foreign policies, political cultures, and compare trends in business relations, migration, culture, education, journalism, law, and religion. The authors contend that differences in political cultures, societal priorities, and national interests are inevitable, perhaps even desirable and not necessarily an obstacle to a continuous and mutually beneficial exchange or even the development of a special relationship. But first of all they need to be acknowledged, then understood, and finally dealt with in an atmosphere of mutual trust recognizing common ground. The book ends with suggestions about how to deal with different interpretations and perceptions in order to reclaim a strategic partnership for progressive changes in an increasingly multipolar world. |
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New Challenges for Transatlantic Relations | 3 |
Drifting Apart Cultural Dimensions of the Transatlantic Estrangement | 17 |
The Bush Administrations FaithBased Foreign Policy A Matter of Transatlantic Estrangement | 33 |
Germans from Venus? The OutofArea Problems in USGerman Relations | 61 |
Beneath the Iceberg Liberalism at Crossroads Examining a Few Issues in the Current Rift in GermanAmerican Relations | 77 |
Transatlantic Economy When the Political Goings Get Tough the Tough Get Going | 101 |
Bonds That Hold Germany and America in an Age of Turbulence | 113 |
The Hunt for a Competitive Advantage How PISA has Shaped Discussions Over Educational Policy Reform in the US and Germany | 133 |
The New York Times and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Two Perspectives on the War in Iraq | 173 |
Wars Apart The Second World War Memory Cultures of Germany and the United States | 195 |
Celsius 911 Michael Moores German Reception and the Contemporary Image of America | 213 |
Ascetic Protestantism and American Uniqueness The Political Cultures of Germany and the United States Compared | 231 |
Transatlantic Relations Probable Futures and Desirable Outcomes | 249 |
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Contributors | 273 |
Transatlantic Discourse? Reflections on Comparing Immigration and Immigrant Integration in the United States and Germany | 153 |
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