Germany's gathering crisis: the 2005 federal election and the grand coalition

This book analyses German politics and economy. It analyses the gathering crisis during the Red-Green government, the governmentb s efforts to impose a reform agenda, the impact of the 2005 federal elections, and provides an evaluation of the success of the Grand Coalition in meeting these challenges in the run-up to the 2009 elections. ÍNDICE: - Introduction; W.E.Paterson & J.Sloam - Crisis in German EconomicStatecraft? Policy Misfit, Institutional Gridlock, and Firm-Led Adjustment; K.Dyson - Endgame? The Fiscal Crisis of the German State; W.Streeck - The German Party System Since 1998: Co-operation and Competition Under Growing Uncertainty; T Saalfeld - SchrC6derb s Agenda 2010: From b Plan Bb to Lasting Legacy?;A.Busch - A Crisis of Influence? German Foreign Policy since 1998; A.Miskimmon - Catch-All Parties Catching Less: The 2005 Election and the Decline of the German Volkspartei; J.Sloam - Smaller Parties and the b Normalizationb of the German Party System; D.Hough - The Reform Corridor: Coalition Building 2005 and the Implications for Policy and Voters; U.Jun - Last Orders? Semisovereigntyand the Crisis of Cost Containment in the Grand Coalition; S.Green & W.E.Paterson - The Internationalisation of Germany: Adapting to Europeanization and Globalization; A.Falke - Coping with the Gathering Crisis; A.Miskimmon & W.E.Paterson -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-51685-4
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 28/11/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés