author = { Langenbacher, Eric },

title = { Launching the grand coalition the 2005 Bundestag election and the future of German politics },

publisher = {Berghahn Books},

isbn = {1845452836},

isbn = {9781845452834},

keywords = { Germany Bundestag Elections, 2005 , Germany / Bundestag Elections, 2005 , Coalitions Germany , Germany Politics and government 1990- , Aufsatzsammlung , Bundestagswahl , Geschichte 2005 , Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands , Große Koalition , Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands , Geschichte 2005-2006 , Deutschland },

year = {2006},

abstract = {Includes bibliographical references and index},

abstract = {Introduction : the drama of 2005 and the future of German politics / Eric Langenbacher -- The tipping point : the 2005 election and the deconsolidation of the German party system? / David Conradt -- The extraordinary Bundestag election of 2005 : the interplay of long-term trends and short-term factors / Hermann Schmitt and Andreas M. Wüst -- The grand coalition : precedents and prospects / Ludger Helms -- From high hopes to on-going defeat : the new extreme Right's political mobilization and its national electoral failure in Germany / Lars Rensmann -- Angela Merkel : what does it mean to run as a woman? / Myra Marx-Ferree -- Merkel's EU policy : "Kohl's Mädchen" or interest-driven politics? / Dorothee Heisenberger -- The change in government and transatlantic relations / Jackson Janes -- Honecker's revenge : the enduring legacy of German unification in the 2005 election / Jeffrey Kopstein and Daniel Ziblatt -- From the outside in : Angela Merkel and the CDU / Clay Clemens},

address = { New York, NY },

url = { http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2 }