Power Shift in Germany

by Conradt, David P.; Kleinfeld, Gerald R.; Soe, Christian; Se, Christian

• ISBN13: 9781571811998
• ISBN10: 1571811990
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

Germany's landmark 1998 election saw, for the first time, in the Republic's fifty-year history an incumbent Chancellor and his entire government replaced. In this collection fourteen distinguished scholars, from both sides of the Atlantic, have come together to give the first in-depth scholarly account of this historic event. From a variety of perspectives the essays, based on extensive interviews, explore the election candidates, parties, and issues, and places them within the context of the Federal Republic's history, the end of the Bonn Republic, and the beginning of the Berlin Republic. Special chapters focus on the growing importance of women in electoral politics, voting behavior and the influence of the media, and the significance of the election for the European Union.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	x
The 1998 Campaign and Election: An Overview	1	(17)
David P. Conradt
The SPD: From Opposition to Governing Party	18	(20)
Gerard Braunthal
The Last Hurrah: Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU and the 1998 Election	38	(21)
Clay Clemens
Neoliberal Stirrings: The ``New'' FDP and Some Old Habits	59	(21)
Christian Soe
Bundnis '90/Die Grunen: From Opposition to Power	80	(18)
E. Gene Frankland
The Party of Democratic Socialism: Victory across the East and on to Berlin!	98	(16)
Gerald R. Kleinfeld
Who Voted for Whom-and Why: An Analysis of the 1998 German Federal Election	114	(23)
Wolfgang G. Gibowski
The Campaign in the News	137	(18)
Holli A. Semetko
Klaus Schoenbach
Reaching Critical Mass? German Women and the 1998 Election	155	(26)
Mary N. Hampton
East-West Electoral Encounters in Unified Germany	181	(19)
Helga A. Welsh
The German Political Economy and the 1998 Election	200	(21)
Herbert Kitschelt
Continuity? German Foreign Policy at the Turn of the Century	221	(18)
Wolfgang-Uwe Friedrich
A Comparative Perspective on the Bundestag Elections	239	(14)
David F. Patton
Appendix	253	(6)
Notes on Contributors	259	(3)
Index	262