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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Miskimmon, Alister, Paterson, William E., Sloam, James
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:	New perspectives in German political studies.
Subjects:	Germany. > Bundestag > Elections, 2005. Elections > Germany. Political parties > Germany. Germany > Economic policy.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / William E. Paterson and James Sloam
Crisis in German economic statecraft? Policy misfit, institutional gridlock and firm-led adjustment / Kenneth Dyson
Endgame? The fiscal crisis of the German state / Wolfgang Streeck
Schröder's agenda 2010 : from "Plan B" to lasting legacy? / Andreas Busch
The German party system since 1998 : cooperation and competition under growing uncertainty / Thomas Saalfeld
A crisis of influence? German foreign policy since 1998 / Alister Miskimmon
Catch-all parties catching less : the 2005 election and the decline of the German Volkspartei / James Sloam
Smaller parties and the 'normalisation' of the German party system / Dan Hough
The reform corridor : government coalition building in 2005 and the implications for policy and voters / Uwe Jun
Last orders? Semisovereignty and the crisis of cost containment in the grand coalition / Simon Green and William E. Paterson
The internationalisation of Germany : adapting to Europeanisation and globalisation / Andreas Falke
Conclusion: Coping with the gathering crisis / Alister Miskimmon and William E. Paterson.