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The German Election of 2005: Voters, Parties and Grand Coalition Politics book cover

1st Edition

The German Election of 2005 Voters, Parties and Grand Coalition Politics

Edited By Clay Clemens, Thomas Saalfeld Copyright 2008
216 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge
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The election of 2005 changed Germany’s political ‘landscape’. The combined share of the vote gained by the two major parties fell below 70 per cent, eliminating the option of a coalition between one of the two major parties (Christian Democrats and Social Democrats) with one of the smaller parties – the traditional pattern of government that had dominated German post-war politics since the late... Read more

Introduction Clayton Clemens and Thomas Saalfeld.  The Road to 2005: The Policy of Economic Modernisation Christopher S. Allen.  The German Party System(s) in 2005: A Return to Volkspartei Dominance Charles Lees.  Beyond the Scandals? Party Funding and the 2005 German Elections Susan E. Scarrow.  The Campaign and its Dynamics at the 2005 German General Election Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Thorsten Faas.  Candidates in the 2005 Bundestag Election: Mode of Candidacy Campaigning and Issues Andreas M. Wüst, Hermann Schmitt, Thomas Gschwend and Thomas Zittel.  Schröder’s Last Campaign: An Analysis of the 2005 Bundestag Election in Context Andreas M. Wüst and Dieter Roth.  Economic Conditions, Unemployment and Perceived Government Accountability Charlotte Kellermann and Hans Rattinger.  Candidate Images in the 2005 German National Election Frank Brettschneider, Katja Neller and Christopher J. Anderson.  Elements of Surprise: The 2005 Election and the Formation of the Grand Coalition Michaela Richter.  The Scope for Policy Change after the Election of 2005: Veto Players and Intra-Party Decision Making Thomas König.  Conclusions Clayton Clemens and Thomas Saalfeld

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Clemens, Clay; Saalfeld, Thomas

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