Between Left and Right : : The 2009 Bundestag Elections and the Transformation of the German Party System / / ed. by Eric Langenbacher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Clemens, Clay,; Conradt, David P.,; Davidson-Schmich, Louise K.,; Decker, Frank,; Langenbacher, Eric,; Lees, Charlie,; Nüsser, Andrea,; Paterson, William E.,; Pautz, Hartwig,; Saalfeld, Thomas,; Sloam, James,; Sonnicksen, Jared,; Techau, Jan,; Weldon, Steve,
• HerausgeberIn: Langenbacher, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 p.)

Germany remains a leader in Europe, as demonstrated by its influential role in the on-going policy challenges in response to the post 2008 financial and economic crises. Rarely does the composition of a national government matter as much as Germany’s did following the 2009 Bundestag election. This volume, which brings together established and up-and coming academics from both sides of the Atlantic, delves into the dynamics and consequences surrounding this fateful election: How successful was Chancellor Angela Merkel’s leadership of the Grand Coalition and what does her new partnership with the Free Democrats auger? In the face economic crisis, why did German voters empower a center-right market-liberal coalition? Why did the SPD, one of the oldest and most distinguished parties in the world self-destruct and what are the chances that it will recover? The chapters go beyond the contemporary situation and provide deeper analyses of the long-term decline of the catchall parties, structural changes in the party system, electoral behavior, the evolution of perceptions of gender in campaigns, and the use of new social media in German politics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Lose-Lose Proposition: Policy Change and Party Politics in the Grand Coalition -- Chapter 2 The Shrinking Elephants: The 2009 Election and the Changing Party System -- Chapter 3 Bundestag Election 2009: Solidifying the Five Party System -- Chapter 4 The SPD and the Debacle of the 2009 German Federal Election: An Opportunity for Renewal -- Chapter 5 Coalition Governance under Chancellor Merkel’s Grand Coalition: A Comparison of the Cabinets Merkel I and Merkel II -- Chapter 6 Coalitions and Camps in the German Party System after the 2009 Bundestag Election -- Chapter 7 Coalition Dynamics and the Changing German Party System -- Chapter 8 Gender Quota Compliance and Contagion in the 2009 Bundestag Election -- Chapter 9 The Internet, Political Participation and Election Turnout: A Case Study of Germany’s www.abgeordnetenwatch.de -- Chapter 10 The Role of Foreign Policy in the 2009 Campaign and the Black-Yellow Future -- Contributors -- Index