• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Launching the Grand Coalition : The 2005 Bundestag Election and the Future of German Politics
  • Contains: Frontmatter
    Contents
    Introduction The Drama of 2005 and the Future of German Politics
    Chapter 1 The Tipping Point: The 2005 Election and the Deconsolidation of the German Party System?
    Chapter 2 The Extraordinary Bundestag Election of 2005: The Interplay of Long-term Trends and Short-term Factors
    Chapter 3 The Grand Coalition: Precedents and Prospects
    Chapter 4 From High Hopes To On-Going Defeat: The New Extreme Right's Political Mobilization and its National Electoral Failure in Germany
    Chapter 5 Angela Merkel: What Does it Mean to Run as a Woman?
    Chapter 6 Merkel’s EU Policy: “Kohl’s Mädchen” or Interest-driven Politics?
    Chapter 7 The Change in Government and Transatlantic Relations
    Chapter 8 Honecker’s Revenge: The Enduring Legacy of German Unification in the 2005 Election
    Chapter 9 From the Outside In: Angela Merkel and the CDU
    Notes on the Contributors
    Index
  • Contributor: Clemens, Clay [Contributor]; Conradt, David P. [Contributor]; Ferree, Myra Marx [Contributor]; Heisenberg, Dorothee [Contributor]; Helms, Ludger [Contributor]; Janes, Jackson [Contributor]; Kopstein, Jeffrey [Contributor]; Langenbacher, Eric [Contributor]; Langenbacher, Eric [Editor]; Rensmann, Lars [Contributor]; Schmitt, Hermann [Contributor]; Wüst, Andreas M. [Contributor]; Ziblatt, Daniel [Contributor]
  • Published: New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books, [2007]
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (212 p.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1515/9780857457738
  • ISBN: 9780857457738
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  • Keywords: Coalitions Germany ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General
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  • Footnote: In English
  • Description: This edited volume, which brings together the leading experts in German politics from around the US and Germany, combines rich descriptive data with insightful analyses regarding one of the most dramatic and important election years in postwar Germany. A variety of more specialized issues and perspectives is addressed, including the transatlantic relationship, EU policy, voting behavior and far Right parties. This book will be essential reading for students of German, European and comparative politics
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