The Political Economy of Germany under Chancellors Kohl and Schröder : : Decline of the German Model? / / Jeremy Leaman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Leaman, Jeremy,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Monographs in German History ; 29
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)

While unification has undoubtedly had major effects on Germany's political economy, the pattern of current policy-making preferences was established at an earlier stage, in particular, at the beginning of the 'Kohl-era' in 1982. This essentially neo-liberal pattern can be seen to have dominated the modalities chosen to guide Germany through the process of unifi cation and was mirrored in developments in other OECD countries and in particular within the EU. This book demonstrates that the three policy imperatives (neo-liberal structural reform, European monetary integration, and unification) produced a policy-mix which, together with other structural economic and demographic factors, has had disappointing results in all three areas and hampered Germany's overall economic development.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 1982: CRISIS AND TRANSITION -- Chapter 2 THE FALL OF HELMUT SCHMIDT AND THE FORMATION OF THE WENDE ADMINISTRATION -- Chapter 3 THE KOHL ERA: CDU SUPPLY-SIDISM IN PRACTICE -- Chapter 4 LIBERALISATION ANDMONETARY ACCUMULATION -- Chapter 5 GERMAN UNIFICATION AND THE UNRAVELLING OF NEOLIBERALISM -- Chapter 6 THE TRANSFORMATION CRISIS IN THE EAST IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT: 1995–2006 -- Chapter 7 SQUARING THE CIRCLE: POLITICOECONOMIC TRENDS IN THE SCHRÖDER ERA -- Chapter 8 COPING WITH STAGNATION: THE PERSISTENT CONTRADICTIONS OF ECONOMIC ORTHODOXIES IN GERMANY AND EUROPE -- POSTSCRIPT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX