The Merkel Republic : : An Appraisal / / ed. by Eric Langenbacher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, Jeffrey,; Davidson-Schmich, Louise K.,; Decker, Frank,; Jacoby, Wade,; Janes, Jackson,; Kintz, Melanie,; Langenbacher, Eric,; Lees, Charles,; Olsen, Jonathan,; Patton, David F.,; Rensmann, Lars,; Schmitt, Hermann,; Weldon, Steven,; Wüst, Andreas M.,
• HerausgeberIn: Langenbacher, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 p.)

Chancellor Angela Merkel has dominated German and European politics for almost a decade. Her stellar reputation, sound political and economic management, and popularity inside of Germany resulted in one of the most decisive electoral victories for her conservative parties in postwar Germany—the country can rightfully be deemed the Merkel Republic. Bringing together German politics experts from both sides of the Atlantic, this volume addresses the campaign, results, and consequences of the 2013 Bundestag election. Chapters delve into a diverse array of themes, including immigrant-origin and women candidates, the fate of the small parties, and the prospects for the SPD, the new coalition partner, as well as more general structural trends like the Europeanization and cosmopolitanization of German politics.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION Merkel’s Nachsommermärchen? -- Chapter 1 FOLLOW-UP TO THE GRAND COALITION The German Party System before and after the 2013 Federal Election -- Chapter 2 CHANCELLOR HEGEMONY Party Politics and the Bundestag Party System after the 2013 Federal Election -- Chapter 3 PAST IMPERFECT, FUTURE TENSE The SPD before and after the 2013 Federal Election -- Chapter 4 SMALL PARTIES AND THE 2013 BUNDESTAG ELECTION End of the Upward Trend? -- Chapter 5 MANY NEW FACES, BUT NOTHING NEW? The Sociodemographic and Career Profiles of German Bundestag Members in the Eighteenth Legislative Period -- Chapter 6 CLOSING THE GAP Gender and Constituency Candidate Nomination in the 2013 Bundestag Election -- Chapter 7 IMMIGRATION INTO POLITICS Immigrant-origin Candidates and Their Success in the 2013 Bundestag Election -- Chapter 8 THE RELUCTANT COSMOPOLITANIZATION OF EUROPEAN PARTY POLITICS The Case of Germany -- Chapter 9 EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND PARTY COMPETITION IN GERMAN FEDERAL ELECTIONS -- Chapter 10 THE POLITICS OF THE EUROZONE CRISIS Two Puzzles behind the German Consensus -- Chapter 11 MERKEL 3.0 German Foreign Policy in the Aftermath of the 2013 Bundestag Election -- Epilogue CONCLUDING THOUGHTS ON THE 2013 BUNDESTAG ELECTION -- INDEX