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Willy Brandts nya östpolitik 1969-1973. En teorikonsumerande studie av tysk utrikespolitik

Nilsson, Greger (2007)
Department of Political Science
Abstract
In this thesis I will examine Willy Brandt's new Ostpolitik with the help of Robert Putnam's analytical framework of two-level games perspective and the theory of social constructivism. Firstly, I will briefly set out the development of Germany's history before it was divided into the Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic in 1949. After that I present West Germany's foreign policy from 1949 to 1969 in order to show how Willy Brandt continued and broke with different foreign policy doctrines. Finally, I want to illustrate his new Ostpolitik and the international and domestic factors, which contributed to its realisation. The main question of this essay is: How significant were the changes of the West German society for... (More)
In this thesis I will examine Willy Brandt's new Ostpolitik with the help of Robert Putnam's analytical framework of two-level games perspective and the theory of social constructivism. Firstly, I will briefly set out the development of Germany's history before it was divided into the Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic in 1949. After that I present West Germany's foreign policy from 1949 to 1969 in order to show how Willy Brandt continued and broke with different foreign policy doctrines. Finally, I want to illustrate his new Ostpolitik and the international and domestic factors, which contributed to its realisation. The main question of this essay is: How significant were the changes of the West German society for the realisation of the new Ostpolitik from 1969 to 1973? One of the most important findings in this essay is that on the one hand that many West Germans had accepted that their country was divided and on the other hand that many groups in the society such as the significant newspaper Die Zeit and intellectuals supported the new Ostpolitik. I come to these conclusions by using the theory consuming method. (Less)
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author
Nilsson, Greger
supervisor
organization
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Willy Brandt, Ostpolitik, West Germany, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
language
Swedish
id
1321327
date added to LUP
2007-06-12 00:00:00
date last changed
2007-06-12 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{In this thesis I will examine Willy Brandt's new Ostpolitik with the help of Robert Putnam's analytical framework of two-level games perspective and the theory of social constructivism. Firstly, I will briefly set out the development of Germany's history before it was divided into the Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic in 1949. After that I present West Germany's foreign policy from 1949 to 1969 in order to show how Willy Brandt continued and broke with different foreign policy doctrines. Finally, I want to illustrate his new Ostpolitik and the international and domestic factors, which contributed to its realisation. The main question of this essay is: How significant were the changes of the West German society for the realisation of the new Ostpolitik from 1969 to 1973? One of the most important findings in this essay is that on the one hand that many West Germans had accepted that their country was divided and on the other hand that many groups in the society such as the significant newspaper Die Zeit and intellectuals supported the new Ostpolitik. I come to these conclusions by using the theory consuming method.}},
  author       = {{Nilsson, Greger}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Willy Brandts nya östpolitik 1969-1973. En teorikonsumerande studie av tysk utrikespolitik}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}