Political Culture in France and Germany/a Contemporary Perspective

by John Gaffney, Eva Kolinsky (Editor)

This book, originally published in 1991, assesses how attitudes, political orientations and social values changed during the five decades after the Second World War. The case studies in the book focus on key sites in political in France, on the extreme right, the cinema, the impact of media personalities and changes of political discourse; in Germany, on the decline of regional identities, the emergence of specific issues and the concern of political parties with the effectiveness of language. This interdisciplinary study provides new insights into the way French and German people see themselves. "

272 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1991