Launching the Grand Coalition : : The 2005 Bundestag Election and the Future of German Politics / / 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.,; Ferree, Myra Marx,; Heisenberg, Dorothee,; Helms, Ludger,; Janes, Jackson,; Kopstein, Jeffrey,; Langenbacher, Eric,; Rensmann, Lars,; Schmitt, Hermann,; Wüst, Andreas M.,; Ziblatt, Daniel,
• HerausgeberIn: Langenbacher, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780857457738; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9780857457738
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Eric Langenbacher.

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.