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= Political Culture in Germany = Throughout the 20th and 21st century, political structure and power in Germany has changed throughout time. The political culture of Germany is known to ensure social, political, and economic presence and influence. Decision-making in the German government is divided evenly between the powers in legislation. "Germany's federal system consisted of state governments that have authority over matters such as education, policing, taxation, and spending. State governments appoint Bundesrat members, and in this manner can influence national policies" (Carls 29). Furthermore, "attitudes to welfare-state programs aimed at reducing income inequalities turn out to be a significant determinant of regime support in both parts of Germany" during the era of Berlin Wall (Roller 292). Germany's political system consists of a multiparty system. However, years after the reunification of Germany, there are still political and institutional performance differences. East Germany is behind in economic performances considered to West German standards.

Post-War Climate in the 20th Century
In Germany, the process of democratic norms instituted in their republic was an important change to their political history. The Holocaust was active in forging other moral representations. The Family Readiness group (FRG)[|Family Readiness Group] and German Democratic Republic (GDR) established to reshape the political culture after World War II ended.

Allied Forces such as the United States has occupation zones established to govern the individuals in those zones. A portion of Germans residing in these zones wanted politics to be left to allied forces until a political system could be established and instituted (Dalton 10).

Migrants in communist zones stopped relocating and the Berlin Wall prevented influence from West to East Germany. The collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 led to East Berlin allowing GDR citizens to cross over into West Berlin. This process unfolded into the unification of Germany. However, the collapse of the Berlin Wall led to the fall of communist regimes in Czechoslovakia (Roller 294).

After Reunification, it was determined through public survey data that "East Germans wanted a 'comprehensive welfare state' rather than West Germans" (Roller 293). The Basic Law became their constitution after the reunification of Germany (Carls 29). Data from the German Socio Economic Panel discussed analyzing households since 1984 about their happiness and overall sense of joy in life. This analyzes political and economic values that differ between East and West Germans (Hoorne 79). He exhibits happiness levels, economic performances, and market value differences.

Germany's Welfare state
Roller suggests that we can determine "how the institutional commonalities and differences between the two types of welfare states reflect attitudinal levels in East and West Germans," (299). Time-series data was provided for East and West Germans to determine "whether the government should provide a good livelihood in case of illness, hardship, unemployment and old age," (Roller 299). The statistics indicated that a large portion of West Germans and roughly all East Germans approve of the social security system (Roller 293). Although the communist period brought about a specific political culture in the GDR. The GDR [|German Democratic Republic] did experience political cultural shifts in, the German unification process was based rather on transplantation than on adaptation.

Based on the latest data, 20 years after the reunification, differences between East and West Germans in regards to attitudes and beliefs towards the welfare system. Unified Germany still had economic convergences and this was determined during the reunification process of East and West Germany (Hoorne 802).

Recent Events
In political culture, the green party has instituted foundations and values that support women's rights, ecology, peace and pacifism, and feminism (Markovitz 112). Present Day Germany has a strong, divided government; and diminishes relationships that may affect government foundations. They focus on social welfare, labor and business corporatism, and multi-party systems with a balance of social democratic, conservative, and green parties.

Although the stability in the political culture of Germany was stable, political tensions increased as a rise of asylum seekers into the country has been documented. This referenced the 2015 Refugee Crisis that occurred in Germany. The 2015 Refugee Crisis was a movement of 1.5 million refugees who fled into Germany during a time of war in their countries. These conflicts during the Refuee Crisis involved moral outrage at Germany’s changing cultural landscape as well as an upsurge of violence against refugees.