German Unification
The German unification and industrialization in 1871 has multiple effects on today's Germany. These effects brought quite difference from Great Britain, another vital power in European Union along with Germany. The major effects are: 1) Germany's marble-cake federalism that differs from Great Britain's strong one centralized government, 2) its multi-party political system while British frequently has single-party government, 3) its unresolved issue of collective identity where Britain has fundamental idea of its identity, and 4) its government's active involvement in industrialization. In the fourth effect, British Government does not guide the market unless in cases of crisis. Thus, Germany has taken and continues to take a very different path from Great Britain to be one of the major powers in the world.One of the major influences of the late German unification in 1871 was the establishment of federalism. Due to its unification with Prussia and many states with different background, it was inevitable for the state to completely be unified as one central government with one identity. This led to today's marble-cake federalism in Germany, respecting regional diversity. Today's Germany has a strong sense of state tradition
Finally, the most significant effect of the late German unification is the active role of government in its economy. Because so many nations including Great Britain have already established themselves as industrialized country, German had a lot to catch up with. Thus, Bismarck worked on the social and the economic part of the newly unified nation. Socially, he developed an elaborate welfare for workers and also introduced semipublic institutions that helped the country's industrialization ("marriage of iron and rye"). In today's Germany, these characteristics are still evident. The nation combines both public and private in areas of welfare and industrialization. Health insurance funds, Bundesbank, or the Sickness Funds, co-determination and work councils are examples of such movement. This is different from Great Britain because Britain with such a long history of industrialization is stable enough for the government to be kept separate from the economy unless in the case of crisis. Along with the positive outcomes of the late German unification, there are also negative issues that are still dragged on to today's Germany. Because of the late unification and the sudden rise of nationalism has left today's Germany with weak foundation of collective identity. German unification involved many states with different backgrounds and Bismarck has forced a sudden heap of nationalism to bring the nation in o
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