02974nam 2200565 450 991079130590332120170821192030.00-85745-548-610.1515/9780857455482(CKB)2550000001238823(EBL)1659358(SSID)ssj0001131760(PQKBManifestationID)12437111(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001131760(PQKBWorkID)11160515(PQKB)10611948(MiAaPQ)EBC1659358(DE-B1597)636576(DE-B1597)9780857455482(EXLCZ)99255000000123882320101122d2010 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBetween left and right the 2009 Bundestag elections and the transformation of the Germany party system /edited by Eric LangenbacherNew York :Berghahn Books,2010.1 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-222-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Between Left and Right; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. LOSE-LOSE PROPOSITION; Chapter 2. THE SHRINKING ELEPHANTS; Chapter 3. BUNDESTAG ELECTION 2009; Chapter 4. THE SPD AND THE DEBACLE OF THE 2009 GERMAN FEDERAL ELECTION; Chapter 5. COALITION GOVERNANCE UNDER CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S GRAND COALITION; 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 ELECTIONChapter 9. THE INTERNET, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND ELECTION TURNOUTChapter 10. THE ROLE OF FOREIGN POLICY IN THE 2009 CAMPAIGN AND THE BLACK-YELLOW FUTURE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX 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 withElectionsGermanyPolitical partiesGermanyGermanyPolitics and government1990-ElectionsPolitical parties324.943/0883324.9430883Langenbacher EricMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791305903321Between left and right3832780UNINA