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Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- German Translations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: The German Federal Election 2021-Negotiating a New Era -- Introduction -- Towards Superwahljahr (Super Election Year) 2021 -- The SPD: An Improbable Return -- The Union: A Party in Flux -- The Greens: A New Kingmaker? -- The FDP: Champion of Civil Liberties Amidst a Pandemic -- The Alternative for Germany (AfD): The Populist Challenger -- The Left Party: Down and Divided -- Election Results -- The Structure of the Book -- Bibliography -- 2 Voting Behaviour in the 2021 Election -- Introduction -- How Voters Decide -- Data -- Results of the 2021 Federal Election -- Timing and Certainty of the Voting Decision -- Consideration Sets, and the Vote -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Part I The Parties -- 3 Thematic Introduction: The Party System -- Introduction -- Fragmentation -- Polarisation -- Electoral volatility and vote splitting -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 The SPD and the 2021 Federal Election -- Introduction -- The Backdrop to the Election: A Party in Crisis? -- The Nomination of Olaf Scholz as Lead Candidate -- Policy Positioning at the 2021 Election -- The SPD in the 2021 Election Campaign -- The Results of the 2021 Election and Their Underpinnings -- The Election's Aftermath: The SPD Enters Government -- Postscript and Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5 The CDU/CSU and the 2021 Federal Election -- Introduction -- The CDU/CSU at the Outset of the Election -- Selecting the New CDU Party Chair -- Selecting the Christian Democratic Chancellor Candidate -- Choosing the Electoral Platform -- How Candidate Performance Impacted the Election -- Major Campaign Issues -- Election Results for the Christian Democrats -- Aftermath of the Election for the CDU/CSU -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
6 Alliance 90/The Greens and the 2021 Federal Election: A Disappointing Success Story -- Introduction -- The Greens After the 2017 Federal Election -- Electoral Performance -- A Party Rebrand -- The Rise and Fall of Annalena Baerbock's Chancellor Candidacy -- The Green Platform-Change Creates Stability? -- The Campaign Materials-A Habeck Production -- Election Night-A Historic but Disappointing Third Place -- After the Election-The Greens and FDP Called the Shots -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 7 The Free Democratic Party and the 2021 Federal Election: The Road Back to Power -- The Free Democratic Party in 2021: The Road Back to Power -- Comeback, Stagnation and Recovery -- Federal Election Manifesto -- Lead Candidate and Campaign Messaging -- A Favourable Election Result -- The FDP's Return to Government -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 8 The Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the 2021 Federal Election: Down But Hardly Out -- Introduction -- The AfD at the Outset of the Election: Momentum from 2017? -- Selecting the AfD Lead Candidates: Inner-Party Quarrels -- Party Platform: The AfD Moves Even Farther Right -- Campaign Advertising: Softening the AfD's Image? -- Election Results: Losses but Stabilisation -- The Aftermath of the Election for the AfD: Unchained and Very Much Still a Player -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 9 The Left Party and the 2021 Federal Election: Cutting it (Very) Fine -- Introduction -- 2017-2021: The Warning Signs Mount -- So, Who Do You Think You Are? -- The Results -- Identity, Issues and Individuals -- The Messaging Problem -- The Left Party and the Chancellor Problem -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 10 The Traffic Light Coalition: Coalition Options, Portfolio Allocation, and the Politics of Fluidity -- Introduction -- The Structural Underpinning of Coalition Politics: MMP and the German Party System.
Defining the Post-election Coalition Game -- The Real-World Coalition Outcome -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part II Foreign Relations and the 2021 Federal Election -- 11 Thematic Introduction: German Foreign Policy on the Eve of the 2021 Federal Elections-Between International Demands and Domestic Politics -- Introduction -- The Crisis of the Liberal International Order and the Growing International Demands on German Foreign Policy -- Foreign Policy Divides in German Domestic Politics -- German Foreign Policy in the 2021 Elections: The Dog That Did Not Bark -- Bibliography -- 12 The 2021 Federal Election and U.S./German Relations: On Wenden and Zeitenwenden -- Introduction -- The History of the U.S.-Germany Relationship -- The Early Biden Administration and the Change in Power in Germany -- 'America Is Back': Biden Takes Office -- A New Convergence: The Ampel-Era Begins -- Zeitenwende -- Beyond Russia's War on Ukraine: The U.S.-German Partnership and the Future of Zeitenwende in Europe -- Bibliography -- 13 The 2021 Federal Election and Its Implications for Russian/German Relations -- Introduction -- Russia Policy in the Merkel Era: Unfinished Transformation -- Elections and the New Coalition: Contestation and Slow Changes -- The War since 2022: Zeitenwende and the Scramble for Strategy -- Conclusion and Future Scenarios -- Bibliography -- 14 The 2021 Federal Election, the New Coalition Government of Olaf Scholz, and British/German Relations -- Introduction -- Foreign Relations Between Germany and the UK Under Merkel and the Grand Coalition -- Continuities and Change in the UK-German Relationship Under the New Coalition Government -- Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol -- The Crisis in Ukraine -- Rebuilding a Fractured Relationship? -- A Look to the Future -- Bibliography.
15 The 2021 Federal Election and Evolving EU/German Relations: From Merkel to Ampel -- Introduction -- In Merkel's Shadow: SPD's and Olaf Scholz's Election Campaign in 2021 -- Something Old, Something New and Something… Green: Unveiling Olaf Scholz's Vision for the Future of the EU -- The Merkel Legacy in EU Crisis Management and China Policy: Striking a Delicate Balance Between Firm Departure and Clumsy Emulation -- Conclusion-From Merkel to Scholz: The Battle for Leadership in Germany and Europe -- Bibliography -- Part III The Issues -- 16 Thematic Introduction: Issue Saliency in the 2021 Federal Election -- Introduction: Issue Saliency in the 2021 Federal Election -- Valence or Position-What Stances Individuals and Parties can take on Issues -- Issue Salience in the Run-up to the German Federal Election 2021 and Differences to 2017 -- The German Parties' Response to Issue Salience -- Bibliography -- 17 Economics in the 2021 Federal Election -- Introduction -- Economic Policies Less Salient in the Lead-up to the Election -- Significant Differences in Economic Positions Across Political Parties -- Public Debt -- Social and Ecological Transformation -- Tax Policy -- Economic Policies and the Election -- Economic Compromises at the Centre of the New Government -- Personnel Compromise -- Policy Compromises -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 18 Climate Change in the 2021 Federal Election -- Introduction -- The 'Climate Chancellor' and Her Legacy -- 'Everybody's Talking About Climate'… Party Platforms and Slogans -- The Climate Crisis in Real Time -- How Germans Voted -- Climate in the Coalition Negotiations -- Headwinds-War, Energy Crisis, and Disruptive Activism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 19 COVID-19 in the 2021 Federal Election: The Dog That Did Not Bark -- The COVID-19 Pandemic Under the Grand Coalition (2020 to Late 2021).
Decision and Consultation Process -- Government Communication -- The Pandemic as a Challenge to Governance -- Local and Regional Dimensions -- Party Policies and the Pandemic -- Issue Salience in the Election Campaign -- The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Incoming Traffic-Light Coalition -- Bibliography -- 20 Immigration in the 2021 Federal Election -- Introduction: Immigration at the Outset of the Election -- Party Stances -- Parties on the Right -- Parties on the Left -- Issue Salience -- Immigration in the New Coalition -- Conclusion -- References -- 21 Gender in the 2021 Federal Election: Marginalised or Mainstreamed? -- Introduction -- Gender During Merkel's Tenure: Leading from Behind and Leaving as a Feminist -- Gendered Campaigns and Gender Equality as a Campaign Topic -- Women in the Elections 2021 -- Gender Equality in the New Traffic Light Coalition -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 22 LGBTI Issues in the 2021 Federal Election: 'Und das ist auch gut so!' -- Introduction -- The LGBTI Status Quo leading Up to the Election of 2021 -- A Brief History of LGBTI Policy Changes Under Previous Governments -- Party Stances and Campaign Appeals -- The Left -- Greens -- Social Democratic Party -- Free Democratic Party -- Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union -- Alternative for Germany -- LGBTI Issue Salience: Electoral Behaviour and Representation -- Electoral Behaviour -- Representation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 23 Conclusion: The German Federal Election 2021: Negotiating a New Era -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- Index.
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The 2021 German Federal Election
