Amazon.com description: Product Description: Circumstances have set up a kind of "competition" between the various political systems of the world. In all countries, the difficulties are enormous, and in fact, similar. The links and connections between countries in the modern world are such that this could not be otherwise. Every nation tries to solve its problems, some by political innovation, others by trying to preserve their institutions. But nations watch each other, they draw conclusions, they compare systems, and the fruits of these systems. This book seeks to offer new perspectives and insights on contemporary Europe and Germany.