Germany's gathering crisis : the 2005 federal election and the grand coalition / edited by Alister Miskimmon, William E. Paterson and James Sloam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miskimmon, Alister.

Paterson, William E.

Sloam, James.

Series:

New perspectives in German political studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany. Bundestag--Elections, 2005.

Germany.

Germany. Bundestag.

Elections--Germany.

Elections.

Political parties--Germany.

Political parties.

Germany--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

New Perspectives in German Political Studies

The German elections of September 2005 marked a defining moment in post-unification German politics. It signalled the end of Chancellor Schroder’s Social Democrat (SPD)-led government (a Year before the and of its term) and a narrow election victory of German’s first ever female Chancellor. Angela Merkel (CUD). Ultimately, a Grand Coalition made up of the two main parties-the office for only the second time in the history of the Federal Republic. Gerhard Schroder presented his decision to engineer new elections as a reaction to a particular crisis-the absence of a majority within Germany to push through reforms. This book deals with the gathering crisis during the Red-Green government (1998-2005) and the government’s efforts to impose reform agenda upon the country; the impact of the 2005 federal elections of the success of the Grand Coalition in meeting these challenges since 2005.

Contents:

Introduction / William E. Paterson and James Sloam

Crisis in German economic statecraft? Policy misfit, institutional gridlock and firm-led adjustment / Kenneth Dyson

Endgame? The fiscal crisis of the German state / Wolfgang Streeck

Schröder's agenda 2010 : from "Plan B" to lasting legacy? / Andreas Busch

The German party system since 1998 : cooperation and competition under growing uncertainty / Thomas Saalfeld

A crisis of influence? German foreign policy since 1998 / Alister Miskimmon

Catch-all parties catching less : the 2005 election and the decline of the German Volkspartei / James Sloam

Smaller parties and the 'normalisation' of the German party system / Dan Hough

The reform corridor : government coalition building in 2005 and the implications for policy and voters / Uwe Jun

Last orders? Semisovereignty and the crisis of cost containment in the grand coalition / Simon Green and William E. Paterson

The internationalisation of Germany : adapting to Europeanisation and globalisation / Andreas Falke

Conclusion: Coping with the gathering crisis / Alister Miskimmon and William E. Paterson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-249) and index.

ISBN:

0230516858

9780230516854

OCLC:

237885762