Society and Democracy in Germany [Paperback]

This book was written to stimulate, perhaps to provoke critical thought about Germany's past, present, and futurein Germany. This is a professional sociologist's study of the country to which he belongs not merely because it is written in his passport.This is a book of passion, a combination of personal philosophy, recent sociological studies, and history to produce a sweeping answer to the German Question: why liberal democracy never took real root in modern Germany. . . . An important book, which should be read and seriously pondered by any student of contemporary Germany or of any aspect of modern German history. Peter N. Stearns in