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The Hobbled State: Fractured Politics in Contemporary Germany

The Hobbled State: Fractured Politics in Contemporary Germany

Vail, Mark I.

Hardcover

Series: Understanding Europe: The Council for European Studies Book, Book 24

General Political ScienceGerman HistoryInternational Relations

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ISBN10: 1788218523
ISBN13: 9781788218528
Publisher: Agenda Publishing
Published: Jan 15 2026
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

The narrative of postwar Germany's moral and political dilemma, as a nation unwilling to assume a leadership role in the international community, despite its size and economic might, for fear of becoming dominant, is well rehearsed. Germany's postwar power has been bounded by the rules and requirements of international institutions and its own constitution. Economic prosperity quickly became a proxy for the conventional exercise of power. Yet, recent crises have made the country's ambivalence to power difficult to sustain. Scholz's declaration of a Zeitenwende (end of an era) launched questions about Germany's international role, not least in supporting Ukraine against a Russian aggressor.

In this timely interrogation of the German state, Mark Vail traces Germany's reluctant embrace of power from nineteenth-century industrialization and state formation to its current self-re-examination and reconsideration of national identity and international responsibility.

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