{"product_id":"the-politics-of-german-defence-and-security-policy-leadership-and-military-reform-in-the-post-cold-war-era-9781845453923","title":"The Politics of German Defence and Security:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe post-Cold War era has witnessed a dramatic transformation in the German political consensus about the legitimacy of the use of force. However, in comparison with its EU and NATO partners, Germany has been reticent to transform its military to meet the challenges of the contemporary security environment. Until 2003 territorial defence rather than crisis-management remained the armed forces' core role and the Bundeswehr continues to retain conscription. The book argues that 'strategic culture' provides only a partial explanation of German military reform. It demonstrates how domestic material factors were of crucial importance in shaping the pace and outcome of reform, despite the impact of 'international structure' and adaptational pressures from the EU and NATO. The domestic politics of base closures, ramifications for social policy, financial restrictions consequent upon German unification and commitment to EMU's Stability and Growth Pact were critical in determining the outcome of reform. The study also draws out the important role of policy leaders in the political management of reform as entrepreneurs, brokers or veto players, shifting the focus in German leadership studies away from a preoccupation with the Chancellor to the role of ministerial and administrative leadership within the core executive. Finally, the book contributes to our understanding of the Europeanization of the German political system, arguing that policy leaders played a key role in 'uploading' and 'downloading' processes to and from the EU and that Defence Ministers used 'Atlanticization' and 'Europeanization' in the interests of their domestic political agendas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"Taking the focus away from ideological considerations Dyson manages to add to the discussion a refined analysis of the domestic political network which influences the outcome of foreign and security policy to a great extend. The relations between the different political subsystems explain policy outcome far better than any ideological approach will ever do.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  German Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"Tom Dyson provides a well-researched overview of the German military in the post Cold War era...The analysis allows the reader not only to follow the evolution of German security and defense policy more broadly from after the Wende through the Schröder administration, but it also permits a rare look into internal party politics in this area. The book in this way interestingly crosses the domestic\/foreign policy lines of most authors whose expertise is one or the other without the background to present the analysis undertaken in this exhaustive, to be recommended, book.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  German Politics \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tFigures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Explaining the Paradox of German Defense Policy 1990–2005\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGermany in Context: Military Reform in Britain and France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tExplaining the Paradox: Leadership and Culture as a Political Resource\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Concept of Policy Leadership\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLeadership and Policy Studies in Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. The Bundeswehr in its Historical and Structural Context: The Scope for Policy Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Bundeswehr Policy Subsystem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tInterlocking and Nested Policy Subsystems: Defense, Security, Foreign, and Budgetary Policy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Three Coalitions in Defense and Security Policy During the Cold War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Post-Cold War World: Unification, New Security Threats, and Responding to U.S. Power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. Policy Leadership and Bundeswehr Reform During the Kohl Chancellorships: The Art of Varying and Sequencing Roles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFrom the Gulf War to Sarajevo: Helmut Kohl as Policy Leader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tDeveloping the Crisis Intervention Role of the Bundeswehr: Volker Rühe as Policy Entrepreneur and Broker 1992–94\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Structure of the Bundeswehr and the Politics of Base Closures: Volker Rühe as Policy Broker and Veto Player 1994–98\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLeadership within the Defense Ministry: Denkverbot and the Control of Policy Learning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tContenders for the Role of Policy Entrepreneur on Bundeswehr Reform: Klaus Kinkel, the Foreign Ministry, the FDP, and the Greens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAdapting to Rühe: The SPD and the Deferral of Bundeswehr Reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. Policy Leadership on Bundeswehr Reform During First the Schröder Chancellorship 1998–2002: Managing \"Government by Commission\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFanning the Flames of Policy Learning: The Weizsäcker Commission\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Strategic Context of Bundeswehr Reform: Base Closures, Social Policy, and the CDU\/CSU Opposition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tRudolf Scharping as Policy Leader: The Marginalisation of the Weizsäcker Commission and the Control of Policy Learning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPolicy Leadership and the Unsuccessful Implementation of Reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. Bundeswehr Reform During the Second Schröder Chancellorship 2002–05: The Art of Combining Leadership Roles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Parameters of Reform: Domestic Politics and the \"Need for New Think\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStruck and the Defense Policy Guidelines (VPR): \"Germany Will be Defended on the Hindukush\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCombining Leadership Roles to Build Consensus at the Macropolitical Level\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStruck as Policy Veto Player on Structural Reform: Political Timing and the Control of Policy Learning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Military Reform, NATO, and The Common European Security and Defense Policy: Between Atlanticization and Europeanization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTheories of Europeanization and German Defense and Security Policy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe EU and German Defense and Security Policy During the Kohl Chancellorship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFischer, Scharping, and Europeanization: The Legacy of Opposition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEuropeanization versus Atlanticization in the Defense Ministry: The Problem of Institutional Credibility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion: A Disjointed Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. A Laggard in Military Reform: The Arts of Policy Leadership and the Triumph of Domestic Constraints over International Opportunity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tLeadership and the Triumph of Domestic Constraint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Implications for German Leadership Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Concept of Strategic Culture: Resource as Well as Constraint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tEuropeanization: Leadership and the Management of 'Fit'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042974007639,"sku":"9781845453923","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845453923.jpg?v=1750956474","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-politics-of-german-defence-and-security-policy-leadership-and-military-reform-in-the-post-cold-war-era-9781845453923","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}