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Southeast Washington: Misery and Change in the Shadow of the Capitol
by Markus Franz (Counselor for Labor and Social Affairs at the German Embassy in Washington, DC) and Knut Panknin (Program Officer in the Washington Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung). Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, July 2008. [Paper - English]

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Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar: religiöse und demokratische Werte im Spannungsfeld internationaler Politik

Contributions to a program of the Washington Office and the Berlin based Political Academy of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation held in Berlin, Germany in December 2007. Contributors: Prof. Peter Berger (Boston University), Bishop Wolfgang Huber, Anke Fuchs (FES)... [Policy Paper - German]  (available here in English soon!)

Die Energiepolitik der USA

Studie von Wilfrid L. Kohl, Washington, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2007. [PDF - German]

The Political and Spiritual Motivations of the 9/11 Attackers

Contributions to a Program of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation held in Washington, DC, September 14, 2004. Contributors: Hans-Ulrich Klose, Hans G. Kippenberg, Tilman Seidensticker, Dieter Dettke, Mark Juergensmeyer, Ahmed Subhy Mansour, Georg Witschel. Ed. Michael Czogalla. Washington, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2005.

Sheri Berman: Understanding Social Democracy

Washington, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2005.

Working Time For Working Families: Europe And The United States

Contributions to a program of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Cooperation with the WorkLife Law Program at American University Washington College of Law and the Hans Böckler Foundation, June 7-8, 2004. Contributors: Ariane Hegewisch, Joan C. Williams, Suzanne Burri, Elisabeth Vogelheim, Mary Still, Reinhard Bispinck, Bernd Reissert, Doris Barnett, Alexandra Heron, Jeanne Fagnani, Hartmut Seifert, Jo Morris, and Walter Lochmann. Washington, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2005.

Toward a Common Grand Strategy for Europe: The Transatlantic Strategic Discourse

Contributions to a program of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, December 15, 2003. Contributors: Robert Art, Jim Cloos, and Dieter Dettke. Washington, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2005.

Towards a Common European-American Strategy for Democracy in the Greater Middle East: The Role of Civil Society Institutions

Contributions to a program of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, March1, 2004. Contributors: Zeyno Baran, Andres Bassols, Les Campbell, Dieter Dettke, Amy Hawthorne, Gayle Meyers, Christoph Moosbauer, Shaha Riza, and Paul Scham. Washington, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2005.

Anti-Americanism in Germany and Europe: Perception, Projection, Reality

Contributions to a program of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, December 16, 2002. Contributors: Christopher Caldwell, Dieter Dettke, Craig Gilbert, Richard Kießler, Wolfgang Koydl, Robert von Rimscha, Dieter Roth. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2003.

Cultural Cleavages, Political Conflicts, and Diverging Demographic Futures: Is the Transatlantic Rift Inevitable? Contributions to a program of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, November 15, 2002. Contributors: Dieter Dettke, Helmut Dubiel, Ronald Inglehart, Robert Lieber, John Parker. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2003.

Hermann Scheer. The Solar World Economy – Safe Energy for the 21st Century. Contribution to a seminar of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, July 12, 2002. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2003.

How to fight Right-Wing Extremism in Germany today – the Role of Citizens, Civil Society, and the Government. Contributions to a program of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, March 29, 2001. Contributors: Hans-Georg Betz, Andrea Böhm, Dieter Dettke, Helmut Dubiel, Thomas Krüger, Charles Maier, Michael Minkenberg, Anna Rosmus, Peter Schneider, Amy Schwartz, Kenneth Stern. Ed. Ursula Soyez. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2002.

The German Remembrance Fund and the Issue of Forced and Slave Labor. Contributions to a seminar of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, November 1, 1999. Contributors: J.D. Bindenagel, Dieter Dettke, Gerald Feldman, Wolfgang Gibowski, Michael Hausfeld, Saul Kagan, Charles Maier, Hans Mommsen, Lutz Niethammer, Simon Reich. Ed. Genevieve Libonati. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 2001.

A Great Game No More: Oil, Gas and Stability in the Caspian Sea Region. Contributors: Hooshang Amirahmadi, Dieter Dettke, Gernot Erler, Sheila Heslin, Geoffrey Kemp, René Leray, John Lichtblau, Nancy Lubin, Michael Mandelbaum, Friedemann Müller, William Odom, Laurent Ruseckas, Michael Schmunk, Uwe Stehr. Ed. Dieter Dettke. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1999.

A Debate on the Growing Income Gap: Trends and Policy Responses. Contributions to a seminar sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and The National Policy Association, April 29, 1998. Contributors: Gary Burtless, Dieter Dettke, Peter Gottshalk, Walter Hanesch, Jerry Jasinowski, Marvin Kosters, Malcolm Lovell Jr., Richard Trumka. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1998.

Iran and the West: Is There a Need to Reconsider Policies? Contributions to a Transatlantic seminar of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, November 17, 1997. Contributors: Amatzia Baram, Dieter Dettke, Dieter Haller, Geoffrey Kemp, Joseph LeBaron, Robert Lieber, Hugo Paemen, James Placke. Ed. Dieter Dettke and Helen Pataki. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1998.

Unions in the Information Technology and Telecommunications Industries. Report of an international conference of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Washington, May 2-3, 1997, Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1998.

Germany's New Right. Revival of Nationalism or Call for Normalcy? Contributions to a seminar by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, December 4, 1996. Contributors: Jacob Heilbrunn, Robert Lieber, Hans-Georg Betz, Peter Schneider. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1997.

The Unlikely Partnership: Germany and Israel. Ed. Howard M. Sachar. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, Friedrich- Naumann-Stiftung, Washington Office and The George Washington University, 1997.

Historical Lessons of Labor Diplomacy. A Seminar Report, April 27, 1995. Eds. Don Kienzle and Thomas Bowie. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1995.

Kocka, Jürgen. Consequences of Unification: German Society and Politics in a Changing International Framework. Ed. by Dieter Dettke and Heidi Whitesell. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1995.

NAFTA as a Model of Development: The benefits and costs of merging high and low wage areas. Eds. Richard S. Belous and Jonathan Lemco. Washington, DC: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1993.

Jacobs, Jack: Ein Freund In Not ¹ Das Jüdische Arbeiterkomittee In New York
Und Die Flüchtlinge Aus Den Deutschsprachingen Ländern, 1933-1945, Bonn:
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1993.

Challenges for Apprenticeship and Vocational Training in the 1990s: German and American perspectives. Contributors: Irving Bluestone, Bernhard Buck, Dieter Dettke, Michael Ehrke, James Van Erden, Linda Ewing, Robert Glover, James Jacobs, William R. Keith, Gabriele Laske, Daniel Marschall, Glenn Oxender, Joel Rogers, Sue Marx Smock, Paula Stark, Wolfgang Streeck, Eds. Dieter Dettke and Carola Weil. Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1992.

European and American Labor Markets: Different Models and Different Results. Ed. Richard S. Belous. Washington: National Planning Association and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1992.

The European Monetary System and International Financial Markets. Contributions to an international conference, November 19-20, 1990. Contributors: Uwe Andersen, Jacques Bouhet, Michel Camdessus, Hervé Carré, Dieter Dettke, Klaus Friedrich, Bernd Goos, Günther Grosche, Reimut Jochimsen, Manuel H. Johnson Jr., Gary L. Perlin, Corrado Pirzio-Biroli, Pierre Pissaloux, Winfried Spaeh, Eva Várhegyi, Sir Allan Walters, Paul J.J. Welfens. Ed. Dieter Dettke. Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1991.

Politics of Democracy in Eastern Europe. Contributions to an international conference of the Washington Office of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, June 26-28, 1990. Contributors: Hannes Adomeit, Madeleine Albright, Jaruslaw Anders, Douglas Bosco, Dieter Dettke, Eliot Engel, Tom Hattery, Jerzy Holzer, Marcy Kaptur, Stephan Kux, Richard J. Krickus, Balint Magyar, Jana Ryslinková, James Scheibel, Horst Schulmann, Brigitte Schulz, Dimitri Simes, Heinz Timmermann, Rudolf, Tökés. Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1990.

Miller, Susanne. The Germans and their History/Landmarks of Ideological Change. Two Essays. Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1989.

German Social Democracy and the United States: Past, Present and Future Attitudes. Contributions to a seminar in Washington, May 23, 1988. Contributors: Norman Birnbaum, Gerard Braunthal, Andreas von Bülow, Dieter Dettke, Hans-Jürgen Grabbe, Werner Kremp, Andrei Markovits, Petra Marquardt-Bigman, David Schoenbaum. Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 1988.

Solis-Rivera, Luis. Peace and the Future of Central America: A Costa Rican Viewpoint. A paper submitted to the seminar "Europe, the US and the Peace Process in Central America". October 19, 1987 in Washington. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1987.

Rau, Johannes. Germany and Israel – A special Relationship. Address by Johannes Rau on receiving the honorary degree of doctor of philosophy from Israel’s Haifa University. April 2, 1986 in Haifa. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1986.

America’s Image in Germany and Europe. Papers of a seminar on “Anti-Americanism in Germany: Slogan or Reality?” March 31, 1985 in Washington. Contributors: Dieter Dettke, Horst Ehmke, David Schoenbaum, Gebhard Schweigler, Helmut Sonnenfeldt. Ed. Dieter Dettke. Washington: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington Office, 1985.

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INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL CURRENTS

The series International Political Currents—A Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Series contributes a European perspective to the discourse on international economic, political, and cultural issues | General Editor: Dieter Dettke. So far, five volumes have been published which are available at bookstores or online.

The Spirit of the Berlin Republic

Volume 5. Edited by Dieter Dettke. New York: Berghahn, 2003, 271 p.

The "Berlin Republic" has become the key concept of post-Cold War Germany and as such has been widely discussed inside as well as outside Germany. Symbolized by the move of the government from Bonn to Berlin it signals all the tangible and intangible changes in Germany's position in the world that have taken place during the 1990s. Well-known German authors, decision-makers, and cultural leaders as well as internationally renowned experts on German affairs contribute to this volume, examining various aspects of the New Germany and its old/new capital, such as history, foreign policy, art, architecture, and culture. In this way, the reader gains a varied but comprehensive picture of Germany after unification, as perceived by its neighbors, friends, and allies.

The Challenge of Globalization for Germany's Social Democracy. A Policy Agenda for the 21st Century

Volume 4. Edited by Dieter Dettke. New York: Berghahn, 1998, 262 p.

"Modell Deutschland", once admired worldwide, has lost much of its shine, due to a number of internal and external factors. This important and timely volume deals with the economic and political pressures and challenges of globalization and is particularly concerned with their effect on social policy, labor markets, environmental policies, and technological change. Distinguished academic experts and leading politicians discuss these problems both from an international perspective and against the background of debates currently going on in Germany.

Multiculturalism in Transit. A German-American Exchange

Volume 3. Edited by Klaus J. Milich and Jeffrey M. Peck. New York: Berghahn, 1998, 290 p.

Multiculturalism is a controversial topic both in the United States and in Germany. This interdisciplinary collection of essays by German scholars in American Studies and American scholars in German Studies analyzes the "other" from this dual perspective and from disciplines such as literary and cultural studies, political science, anthropology, and history. More particularly they examine multiculturalism in terms of national and ethnic identities, as well as gender and race, and look at the disciplines and institutions that produce and legitimize discourses on subjects such as minority literatures, feminism, and the notion of foreignness itself. What becomes clear in this volume is that careful attention must be paid to the particular conditions and varying ideological concepts that shape the term multiculturalism, i.e. the "national" historical, political, social, and institutional contexts in which it appears, circulates, and accrues meaning.

Universities in the Twenty-First Century

Volume 2. Edited by Steven Muller, Providence (RI): Berghahn. 1996, 182 p.

On the eve of the twenty-first century, the United States and Germany face common but also separate challenges that will be met in part by significant activity at the university level. This volume offers views and expert opinions from leading American and German educators and university administrators on the future role of this vital educational and cultural institution in both societies.

Toward a Global Civil Society

Volume 1. Edited by Michael Walzer, Providence (RI): Berghahn. 1995, 341 p.

The demise of Communism has not only affected Eastern Europe but also the countries of the West where a far-reaching examination of political and economic systems has begun. This collection of essays by internationally renowned scholars of political theory form Europe and the United States explores both the concept and the reality of civil society and its institutions.