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Information on political education
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description magazine
Area of ​​Expertise Political education
language German
First edition 1952
Frequency of publication quarterly
Sold edition 500,000 copies
editor Federal Agency for Civic Education
Web link bpb.de
ISSN (print) 0046-9408

The information on political education ( IZPB for short ; until 1963: Citizens' Information ) is a series of journals by the Federal Agency for Political Education (bpb), which deal with social , political , geographical and historical issues and serve to further educate citizens in politics. They are often used as teaching material for political school subjects (e.g. social studies ). The black title page with a picture that matches the topic (“black books”) is typical.

Content and target group

The choice of topics is based on the guidelines of the ministries of education . In addition to regional studies, the main focus is on historical processes and social studies areas as well as current topics if they are of interest for political lessons.

The booklets can be obtained free of charge for teaching purposes, but also by politically interested citizens. More recent editions are available in full text on the website of the Federal Agency for Civic Education.

Repetitive topics with different numbers sometimes have different content. In addition, booklets were also repeatedly reprinted, partly unchanged, partly revised. In the case of reprints , collective editions of individual, thematically related issues were often issued. So there is a reprint National Socialism 123/126/127 and a reprint Parliamentarism 119/124 .

The booklets irregularly contain a supplement, recently called Info aktuell , with a current topic.

Production and sales

Until the early 1980s, the booklets were produced by Universum Verlag Wiesbaden , later by Franzis Print & Media Munich and STARK Druck GmbH + Co. KG . Apm alpha print medien AG ( Darmstadt ) is currently commissioned to produce the magazines (status: 2016) . Distribution is carried out by IBRo Versandservice GmbH in Roggentin , a subsidiary of IBRo Funk und Marketing GmbH.

The quarterly publication has a circulation of 500,000 copies (as of 2016) .

List of expenses

  • No .: gives the number of the edition
  • Year : states the year of publication as indicated on the front of the booklet
  • Title : states the title of the issue followed by the title of the supplement in brackets (if available)

Information on political education

Since 1985 one issue has been published every quarter. Before that, there were four to seven issues a year.

No. year Title (and supplement, if applicable) Notes and Authors
340 (planned 10/2019) (Late) repatriates in the migration society
339 2018/2019 European Parliament elections
338 2018 Europe between colonialism and decolonization
337 2018 People's Republic of China
336 2018 Israel
335 2017 India
334 2017 International financial and economic relations
333 2017 Local politics
332 2017 democracy
331 2016 middle East
330 2016 Resistance to National Socialism
329 2016 The German Empire 1871–1918
328 2015 Parties and party system of the Federal Republic of Germany
327 2015 Social policy (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Salafism - Ideology of Modernity)
326 2015 International security policy (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Ukraine - a country between West and East)
  • Stefan Bierling
  • Sven Bernhard Gareis
  • Wolff Heintschel from Heinegg
  • Margarete Klein
  • Heike Krieger
  • Dennis Michels
  • Ralf Roloff
  • Siegmar Schmidt
  • Guido Steinberg
  • Oliver Thränert
  • Johannes Varwick
  • Silke Weinlich
  • Andreas Kappeler (current information)
325 2015 Governing beyond the nation state (Enclosure: Info aktuell - German-Israeli relations )
  • Tanja Abendschein-Angerstein
  • Marianne Beisheim
  • Lars Brozus
  • Tim Gemkow
  • Monika Heupel
  • Gisela Hirschmann
  • Michal Parizek
  • Christian Rauh
  • Julia Sattelberger
  • Stine Waibel
  • Helmut Weidner
  • Michael Zürn
  • Martin Kloke (current information)
324 2014 Social change in Germany (Enclosure: Info aktuell - March 18 in the German history of democracy)
323 2014 Soviet Union II: 1953-1991
322 2014 Soviet Union I: 1917–1953
321 2014 Age of World Wars (Enclosure: Info aktuell - elections to the European Parliament )
320 2013 US political system
319 2013 Energy and environment
  • Hans-Joachim Ziesing
  • Detlef and Karen Schulz
  • Bernhard Poetter
  • Felix Christian Matthes
  • Hans-Peter Beck and Jens-Peter Springmann
  • Manuel Berkel
318 2013 Federalism in Germany (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Bundestag election 2013 )
317 2012 Middle East : Neighboring Region in Transition
  • Christine Hess
  • Jutta Klaeren
  • Cornelius Strobel
316 2012 National Socialism : War and Holocaust (Enclosure: Info aktuell - January 27 : Memorial Day for the Victims of National Socialism )
315 2012 19th century
314 2012 National Socialism : Rise and Rule
313 2011 Turkey
312 2011 History of the GDR
311 2011 Poland
310 2011 United Nations
  • Steffen Bauer, political scientist, German Development Institute (DIE) in Bonn.
  • Thomas Fues, economist, German Development Institute.
  • Sven Bernhard Gareis, Senior Scientific Director at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences at the Management Academy of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg and teaches political science at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster.
  • Wolfgang S. Heinz, research fellow at the German Institute for Human Rights, private lecturer in political science at the Free University of Berlin and member of the advisory committee of experts of the UN Human Rights Council.
  • Dirk Messner, Director of the German Development Institute (DIE) in Bonn.
  • Silke Weinlich, graduate political scientist, German Development Institute (DIE).
309 2010 Mass media
308 2010 Household - Market - Consumption
307 2010 Jewish life in Germany
306 2010 Crime and Criminal Law
305 2009 Fundamental rights
  • Gudula Geuther , correspondent for Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandradio Kultur
  • Mathias Metzner, judge and data protection officer at the Hessian Administrative Court in Kassel
304 2009 German foreign policy
303 2009 Africa - main topics (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Church in Germany )
302 2009 Africa - countries and regions (Enclosure: Info aktuell - 2009 elections: European elections and elections to the German Bundestag )
301 2008 Family and family politics
300 2008 Latin America
299 2008 international economic Relations
298 2008 Federalism in Germany
297 2007 Human rights
296 2007 India
295 2007 Parliamentary democracy
294 2007 State and economy (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Fit for the future? Germany in transition)
293 2006 Company and production
292 2006 Party system of the Federal Republic of Germany
291 2006 Security Policy in the 21st Century
290 2006 Football - more than a game
289 2005 People's Republic of China
288 2005 Taxes and Finances
287 2005 Environmental policy (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Bundestag elections )
286 2005 Development and development policy (Enclosure: Info aktuell - 40 years of German-Israeli relations )
285 2004 France
284 2004 democracy
283 2004 Political system of the United States
282 2004 Population development (Enclosure: Info aktuell - European elections 2004 ) Revised new edition in November 2011
281 2003 Russia (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Caucasus region)
280 2003 Globalization (Enclosure: Info aktuell - German-American relations )
279 2003 European Union (New edition 2012 with the supplement Info aktuell - Europe at the crossroads?) Revised new edition 2012
  • Friedrich Heinemann, head of the corporate taxation and public finance research department at the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim.
  • Rainer Kohlhaas, grammar school teacher and textbook author, 1993–2008 head of social studies in the study seminar for grammar schools, Bad Kreuznach, 1988–2008 lecturer at the Pedagogical Center of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate (now PL) for social science subjects and since then lecturer for 'Didactics of Social Studies' the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • Ingo Kreußer, high school teacher for social studies, social studies and German at the Georg Forster Comprehensive School in Wörrstadt. Textbook author for social studies. Since 2002 lecturer for social science subjects at the Pedagogical State Institute Rhineland-Palatinate in Bad Kreuznach.
  • Melanie Piepenschneider, Head of Political Education at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
  • Elfriede Regelsberger, Deputy Director of the Institute for European Politics, Berlin. The focus of research is the EU's common foreign, security and defense policy (CFSP / CSDP).
  • Otto Schmuck, Head of the European Department in the Representation of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate to the Federal Government and the European Union in Berlin.
278 2003 Israel
277 2002 Turkey (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Enlargement of the European Union )
276 2002 Czech Republic
275 2002 Federalism in Germany (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Federal Parliament elections 2002 )
274 2002 Peace and Security at the Beginning of the 21st Century (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Islam and Politics )
273 2001 Poland (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Euro : a new era)
272 2001 Africa II
271 2001 Prejudices - stereotypes - enemy images (Enclosure: Info aktuell - arguments against right-wing extremist prejudice)
270 2001 Germany in the 70s , 80s years
269 2000 Social change in Germany (Enclosure: Info aktuell - Steps against violence )
268 2000 USA: history , society , economy
267 2000 Emigrants
266 2000 National Socialism II: Führer State and War of Extermination
265 1999 Revolution of 1848
264 1999 Africa I
263 1999 globalization
262 1999 Great Britain (Enclosure: Info aktuell - European elections )
261 1998 Weimar Republic Revised new edition November 2011
  • Reinhard Sturm (* 1950), high school teacher in Göttingen and Hildesheim. Director of Studies and Head of History at the Hildesheim Study Seminar for future history teachers at grammar schools
260 1998 Mass media
259 1998 Germany 1945–1949  : occupation and founding of states (Enclosure: Info aktuell - elections at the turn of the millennium )
258 1998 Times of Change: Germany 1961–1974 (Enclosure: Info aktuell - The media of the federal headquarters in the judgment of the teachers )
257 1997 India
256 1997 Germany in the fifties
255 1997 Japan
254 1997 Women in Germany
253 1996 Interest groups (Enclosure: Info aktuell - The end of Yugoslavia )
252 1996 Developing countries
251 1996 National Socialism I: From the beginning to the consolidation of power
250 1996 The way to unity
249 1995 Commonwealth of Independent States
248 1995 Crime and Criminal Law
247 1995 Israel : history, economy, society
246 1995 International Relations II: Peace and Security in the 1990s
245 1994 International Relations I: The East-West Conflict
244 1994 Latin America 2
243 1994 German resistance
242 1994 Local politics
241 1993 Taxes and Finances
240 1993 Capital Berlin
239 1993 Fundamental rights
238 1993 The Islam in the Middle East
237 1992 Foreigners
236 1992 The Soviet Union 1953–1991 (Enclosure: Info aktuell - The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) )
235 1992 The Soviet Union 1917–1953
234 1992 energy
233 1991 The division of Germany in 1955 until unification (Enclosure: Info aktuell - The end of Yugoslavia )
232 1991 The division of Germany 1945–1955 (Enclosure: German coats of arms and flags - symbols in the democratic state )
231 1991 History of the GDR
230 1991 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Brandenburg , Saxony-Anhalt , Thuringia , Saxony
229 1990 Bundestag elections 1990
228 1990 Parliamentary Democracy II
227 1990 Parliamentary Democracy I.
226 1990 Latin America  : history, economy, society
225 1989 East Central Europe and Southeast Europe
224 1989 The emergence of the Federal Republic of Germany (Enclosure: Info aktuell - The Baltic States Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania )
223 1989 Turkey (Enclosure: Info aktuell - European elections 1989 )
222 1989 Emigrants
221 1988 Developing countries
220 1988 Population development (Enclosure: The pogrom of November 1938 "Reichskristallnacht" )
219 1988 environment
218 1988 New technologies
217 1987 Interest groups and interest groups
216 1987 Law : Foundations of the rule of law
215 1987 The welfare state
214 1987 Great Britain
213 1986 The European Community
212 1986 Political ideologies
211 1986 The United States of America
210 1986 Human rights
209 1985 Mass media II
208 1985 Mass media I
207 1985 Party democracy
206 1985 The family in the Federal Republic of Germany
205 1984 The DDR
204 1984 The federalism in the Federal Republic of Germany
203 1984 The German question
202 1984 The FRG 1974–1983
201 1984 Foreigners
200 1983 The state of justice
199 1983 The US political system
198 1983 People's Republic of China
197 1983 Politics in the community
196 1982 The North-South Conflict
195 1982 Italy
194 1982 Islam and the Middle East Crisis
193 1982 Federal Republic of Germany - GDR: Comparison of Political Systems II
192 1982 Federal Republic of Germany - GDR: Comparison of the Political Systems I.
191 1981 The Federal Republic of Germany 1966–1974
190 1981 Peace and Security II
189 1981 Peace and Security I.
188 1981 energy
187 1981 Fundamental rights
186 1980 France
185 1980 Federal Parliament election 1980  : the parties and their programs
184 1980 Communist ideology II
183 1980 Economy V: International economic relations
182 1979 The Soviet Union
181 1979 Berlin
180 1979 Economy IV: economic systems in comparison
179 1979 Arguable democracy
178 1978 Communist ideology I.
177 1978 Economy III: business cycle , growth , structural change
176 1978 The Federal Republic of Germany 1955–1966 (Enclosed: flags , coats of arms , medals - symbols in the democratic state )
175 1978 Economics II: Workers and operation
174 1977 Educational Policy I: The Organization of Education
173 1977 Economy I: consumers and the market
172 1977 Great Britain
171 1977 Party democracy and party system of the FRG
170 1977 COMECON
169 1976 Federalism: the Federal Republic of Germany as a federal state
168 1976 The Federal Republic of Germany 1949–1955
167 1976 The parties to the 1976 Bundestag election
166 1976 People's Republic of China
165 1975 Democracy , rule of law , welfare state
164 1975 The 19th Century II: Industrialization and Social Issues
163 1975 The 19th century I: monarchy , democracy , nation-state
162 1975 energy
161 1975 The law in the political education IV: Criminal and penal
160 1974 The German resistance 1933–1945
159 1974 The law in political education III: law in everyday life of the citizen
158 1974 The agriculture in the industrial society
157 1974 The emergence of the FRG: a new beginning and reconstruction 1945–1949
156 1973 The United States of America
155 1973 The European Community II: The EC's External Relations
154 1973 The European Community I: Problems of European Integration
153 1973 The right in political education II: constitutional structural principles of the Federal Republic of Germany
152 1972 The law in political education I: Basics of law and tasks of legal education
151 1972 History of Russia and the Soviet Union
150 1972 Peace and Security II
149 1972 Peace and Security I.
148 1972 Southeast Asia - Countries - Peoples - Economy
147 1971 Japan
146 1971 Environment - hazards and protection
145 1971 Interest groups in the FRG
144 1971 Southeast Asia: Past and Present
143 1970 Germans and Poles II: From World War II to the German-Polish Treaty
142 1970 Germans and Poles I: From the emergence of the Polish state to the beginning of the Second World War
141 1970 The Jewish People in World History II: From Zionism to the State of Israel Today (The State of Israel)
140 1970 The Jewish People in World History I.
139 1970 The Soviet Union: Land and Economy
138 1970 The social order of the Federal Republic of Germany II
137 1969 Developing countries II: German development policy
136 1969 Developing Countries I: Third World Problems
135 1969 1969 Bundestag election
134 1969 Democracy in Transition
133 1969 1849 - 1919 - 1949 - on the constitutional history of Germany
132 1969 Germans and Czechs 1848–1948
131 1969 The social order of the Federal Republic of Germany I.
130 1968 Population and society
129 1968 The human rights
128 1968 Regional planning in the Federal Republic of Germany.
127 1968 National Socialism 1939–1945
126 1968 National Socialism 1933–1939
125 1967 Central America  : Country and Economy
124 1967 Parliamentarism II: Parliament and parliamentarism in the Federal Republic of Germany
123 1967 National Socialism
122 1967 Latin America  : history
121 1966 The competition rules in the Federal Republic of Germany
120 1966 South America  : Country and Economy
119 1966 Parliamentarism I: History of ideas , structural change and the theory of parliamentarism
118 1966 Agriculture in the EEC
117 1966 The Indian Subcontinent II: Country and Economy
116 1966 Automation
115 1965 Soviet Russia II: The Time of Stalin and Khrushchev
114 1965 The order in the economy
113 1965 Soviet Russia I: The Time of Lenin
112 1965 The Indian Subcontinent I: History
111 1965 Communist ideology III
110 1964 The Weimar Republic II: From Friedrich Ebert's death to Hitler's seizure of power
109 1964 The Weimar Republic I: From the Revolution in 1918 to the End of Inflation in 1923
108 1964 The 20 July 1944 (Revised edition issue no. 20 of 1954)
107 1964 Communist Ideology II: Dialectical Materialism
106 1964 Communist Ideology I: Introduction to Communist Ideology
105 1963 Africa II: Geographical Basics
104 1963 Europe in Progress IV: The Economic Position of the EEC and Western Europe in the World Part 2
103 1963 Europe in Progress III: The Economic Position of the EEC and Western Europe in the World Part 1

Citizenship information

The booklets were numbered according to months until 1959. Since a booklet was usually published every two months, most of the issues are double issues.

No. year title
102 1963 Europe in Progress II: European and Atlantic Cooperation
101 1963 Europe in the making (I): The supranational community as the focus of unification
100 1962 Africa I: Historical Overview
99 1962 China II: Country u. economy
98 1962 The Sovietization of Central Germany
97 1962 Berlin - Germany's capital
96 1961 China I: Historical Overview
95 1961 The United States of America II: Land and Economy
94 1961 The people decide - the fourth Bundestag is elected
93 1961 The development in the Baltic countries since 1939
92 1961 Southeastern Europe since 1945 III: Hungary
91 1961 The ruling system of the Soviet Union
90 1960 The United States of America I: Historical Overview
89 1960 The development in Czechoslovakia since 1945
88 1960 Southeast Europe since 1945 II
87 1960 People on the run
86 1960 Southeastern Europe since 1945 I.
85 1960 The development of Poland since 1945
84 1959 One hundred years of the Red Cross
82-83 1959 The Federal Republic of Germany II: Integration into the world of states and world economy
80-81 1959 The Federal Republic of Germany I: The becoming of the Federal Republic
78-79 1959 12 maps and text contributions on regional and economic studies of the Soviet Union
76-77 1959 Planets - Rockets - Satellites III: Satellites
74-75 1959 Planets - Rockets - Satellites II: Rockets
72-73 1959 Planets - Rockets - Satellites I: Planets
70-71 1958 The eastern territories of the German Reich under foreign administration since 1945
68-69 1958 Europe in Progress: The Economic Position of the European Economic Community in Europe and the World
66-67 1958 Coats of arms and flags of German countries
64-65 1958 Europe in the making: the European economic community
62-63 1958 UNESCO
60-61 1957 Europe in Progress VI: The Continuation of European Unification
58-59 1957 Karl Freiherr vom und zum Stein 1757–1831
56-57 1957 The Sudeten Germans
54-55 1957 12 cards with explanations of the history of Russia and the Soviet Union
52-53 1957 The third Bundestag is elected
50-51 1957 The Russian Revolution II: 1925–1953
48-49 1956 The Russian Revolution I: 1905–1924
46-47 1956 A look at the economy: automation
44-45 1956 The German Eastern Territories II: The Economic Significance
42-43 1956 The German Eastern Territories I: History and Cultural Achievement
40-41 1956 Central Germany
38-39 1956 A look at the economy: Everyone should live better
36-37 1955 Radar - a new factor in world politics and Economy II: The development of radar and its application
34-35 1955 Radar-a new factor in world politics and Economy I: The electromagnetic wave family and the principle of radar
32-33 1955 Europe in the process of becoming V: Problems and possibilities of a political unification
30-31 1955 Europe in Progress IV: Europe's Defense within the Western World
28-29 1955 Europe in Progress III: The European Coal and Steel Community ( Montan Union )
26-27 1955 Europe in becoming II: Economy and economic organization
24-25 1954 Europe in Progress I: Common Heritage and Political Shape
22-23 1954 The East-West Tension in World Politics
21st 1954 A look at the economy: more goods - more prosperity
20th 1954 July 20, 1944
19th 1954 The popular uprising of June 17, 1953 in the Soviet occupation zone and in East Berlin
17-18 1954 World power Atom III: nuclear weapons and nuclear protection
15-16 1954 World power atom II: atomic fission and atomic energy
13-14 1953 World power atom I: atomic construction and atomic transformations
12 1953 The United Nations
11 1953 The areas beyond the Oder and Neisse rivers
10 1953 The German border region Schleswig
09 1953 The 2nd Bundestag is elected
08 1953 A look at the economy
07 1953 The Saar question
06 1953 Berlin as an outpost of freedom
05 1953 How is a federal law created?
04 1953 Astrology and politics
03 1952 Europe what it is and what it can become
02 1952 How does German democracy work
01 1952 The revenue of the Federal Republic and how it is used

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Federal Agency for Civic Education (ed.): Information on Civic Education # 328. Bonn 2016, ISSN  0046-9408 , p. 75.