03126nam 2200553 450 991082230660332120170822114446.00-85745-773-X10.1515/9780857457738(CKB)2550000001250866(EBL)1659326(OCoLC)875098772(SSID)ssj0001184675(PQKBManifestationID)11786892(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001184675(PQKBWorkID)11195833(PQKB)11393298(MiAaPQ)EBC1659326(DE-B1597)636626(DE-B1597)9780857457738(EXLCZ)99255000000125086620060905d2006 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLaunching the grand coalition the 2005 Bundestag election and the future of German politics /edited by Eric LangenbacherNew York :Berghahn Books,2006.1 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84545-283-6 1-306-54571-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : the drama of 2005 and the future of German politics / Eric Langenbacher -- The tipping point : the 2005 election and the deconsolidation of the German party system? / David Conradt -- The extraordinary Bundestag election of 2005 : the interplay of long-term trends and short-term factors / Hermann Schmitt and Andreas M. Wüst -- The grand coalition : precedents and prospects / Ludger Helms -- From high hopes to on-going defeat : the new extreme Right's political mobilization and its national electoral failure in Germany / Lars Rensmann -- Angela Merkel : what does it mean to run as a woman? / Myra Marx-Ferree -- Merkel's EU policy : "Kohl's Mädchen" or interest-driven politics? / Dorothee Heisenberger -- The change in government and transatlantic relations / Jackson Janes -- Honecker's revenge : the enduring legacy of German unification in the 2005 election / Jeffrey Kopstein and Daniel Ziblatt -- From the outside in : Angela Merkel and the CDU / Clay Clemens. 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. CoalitionsGermanyGermanyPolitics and government1990-Coalitions324.943/0882324.9430882Langenbacher EricMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822306603321Launching the grand coalition3975994UNINA