Germany, Poland and Europe: Conflict, Cooperation and Europeanization (Issues in German Politics)

This book provides a valuable and highly innovative insight into the past, present and future of Polish-German relations, considered against a broader European backdrop. Developing the concept of 'Europeanization' as a conceptual prism, the study tracks the development of bilateral relations from the second world war through to 2001. It takes into account the role played by dissident movements, West Germany's Ostpolitik and Poland's post-1989 'return to Europe' in shaping the substance of relations between Bonn/Berlin and Warsaw.