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Informationen zum Autor Eric Langenbacher is a Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of Special Programs in the Department of Government, Georgetown University, where he teaches courses on comparative politics and political culture. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Presents an analysis of one of the most dramatic and important election years in postwar Germany. This book addresses different issues, including the transatlantic relationship, EU policy, voting behavior and far Right parties. It is useful for students of German, European and comparative politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Drama of 2005 and the Future of German Politiics Eric Langenbacher Chapter 1. The Tipping Point: The 2005 Election and the Deconsolidation of the German Party System? David Conradt Chapter 2. The Extraordinary Bundestag Election of 2005: The Interplay of Long-term Trends and Short-term Factors Hermann Schmitt and Andreas M. Wüst Chapter 3. The Grand Coalition: Precedents and Prospects Ludger Helms Chapter 4. From High Hopes to On-going Defeat: The New Extreme Right's Political Mobilization and its National Electoral Failure in Germany Lars Rensmann Chapter 5. Angela Merkel: What Does it Mean to Run as a Woman? Myra Marx-Ferree Chapter 6. Merkel's EU Policy: "Kohl's Mädchen" or Interest-driven Politics? Dorothee Heisenberg Chapter 7. The Change in Government and Transatlantic Relations Jackson Janes Chapter 8. Honecker's Revenge: The Enduring Legacy of German Unification in the 2005 Election Jeffrey Kopstein and Daniel Ziblatt Chapter 9. From the Outside In: Angela Merkel and the CDU Clay Clements Notes on Contributors Index ...