Contents: Preface. 1. German foreign policy in the 1990s: dilemmas and directions/Ambassador Khub Chand. 2. The German economy since unification/Peer C. Stanchina. 3. Right Wing Violence in Germany: the nature, extent and effect of a resurgence of the right/Tara Kartha. 4. East Germans between Euphoria and "Ostalgia"/Wilfried Skor. 5. Social security and labour law the transition from central planning to a market economy/Detlev Bruse. 6. The identity formation of the re-united German nation/Pramod Talgeri. 7. Unified Germany’s role in the changing dynamics of European security/H.S. Chopra. 8. Germany and the European union Maastricht to the 1996 IGS/Rajendra K. Jain. 9. German politics in transition: political parties and political changes in Germany/Hans-Joachim Veen. 10. Structural changes in Indo-European trade relations: a macro perspective/Indra Nath Mukherji and Biswajit Nag. 11. India-EU interface: changing perspective on cooperation for economic development/H.S. Chopra and Swapan K. Bhattacharya.12. India and the European Union: challenges and opportunities/Rajendra K. Jain. 13. The European Union’s role in promoting private investment and join ventures with European small and medium sized enterprises in India/Manisha Marwah. 14. Indo-German co-operation for economic development: focus on Germany’s investments experiences of Indo-German joint-ventures/Klaus Benz. 15. India’s cooperation with the United Kingdom for economic development and export performance of manufactures during period of economic reforms/O.P. Sharma. 16. Indo-Italian cooperation for economic development – Indian perception/T.P. Bhatt. 17. India’s automotive exports to Germany: problems and prospects by 2000/Markus Steingrover.
"This book entitled "India, Germany and European Union : Partners in progress and prosperity", is a brilliant collection of articles and research papers on contemporary Indian, German and European affairs.
India, Germany and European union are traditionally three entities who have enjoyed closed and cordial relations for quite some time now, both in areas of technological as well as economic co-operation.
The modern times have heralded the emergence and consolidation of economic groupings like NAFTA, EC, ASEAN, and SAARC to just name a few. In their midst, traditional groupings like India, European Union and Germany cannot be ignored and nor can be sidelined. This book tries to justify this very notion of India, Germany and European Union existing in harmony and dynamism within the overall ambit and matrix of trade relations between various regions and parts of the world." (jacket)
