Introduction : German federalism in historical perspective / Maiken Umbach -- Federal habits : the Holy Roman Empire and the continuity of German federalism / Joachim Whaley -- History and federalism in the age of nation-state formation / Maiken Umbach -- Federalism and the Heimat idea in Imperial Germany / Alon Confino -- Political unity and linguistic diversity in nineteenth-century Germany / Martin Durrell -- Federalism in the Nazi state / Jeremy Noakes -- Democratic centralism and regionalism in the GDR / Mary Fulbrook -- German federalism from cooperation to competition / Charlie Jeffery -- Challenges and perspectives for German federalism / Wolfgang Renzsch -- German federalism in history : some afterthoughts / Anthony J. Nicholls.
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This work explores the German idea of federalism denoting diversity within unity. Historians, linguists and political scientists examine how federalism emerged in the Holy Roman Empire and was re-shaped by 19th-century cultural movements.